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[Jamie]

I think Kimi will prosper this weekend maybe making it a 6th place......

with what buddy a magnum and a can od coke in his belly we havent seen how thats car handles in china yet

Maybe his engineer will put the Magnum and the can of Cola in the fuel tank before the race.

maybee they will attach it to a stick at the end of the car's nose.

If only he was as great as good ol' Massa

[scotty]

I think Kimi will prosper this weekend maybe making it a 6th place......

with what buddy a magnum and a can od coke in his belly we havent seen how thats car handles in china yet

Maybe his engineer will put the Magnum and the can of Cola in the fuel tank before the race.

maybee they will attach it to a stick at the end of the car's nose.

If only he was as great as good ol' Massa

Then he'd have no championships as opposed to one

[EwanM]

[Robert182]

no matter who your a fan of you gotta love kimi

[Jamie]

I personally believe Nico could join Ferrari if Kimi leaves. Nico's contract ends this year and from his career blog he seems very impressive.

[Denthúl]

I personally believe Nico could join Ferrari if Kimi leaves. Nico's contract ends this year and from his career blog he seems very impressive.

Nico in a Ferrari would be weird - nearly impossible to imagine! I think he'd be more likely to end up at McLaren or BMW Sauber, to be honest, but with the way Williams are performing this season I imagine he will stay on for 2010.

[yamashek]

i love ferrari since i started watching f1...

but somehow, i think ferrari is toast this season....
i dont want to jinx the drivers, but i have a bad feeling that one of them will spin and DNF........oh please god no...

[texasmr2]

I'm Ferrari to the core yet I do not dislike it when another/other team's surpass them. I do not base my love for F1 strictly on being a Ferrari fan, its all about the racing.

tex

[Gilles 27]

I've never cared much about the teams, for me they are just a means by which the driver's title is decided. The only team I slightly favour is Ferrari, simply because they have been around since the start and have always produced both engine and chassis in-house.

The driver's championship was what F1 was originally all about, this emphasis on the teams thing is one that has occurred as a result of F1 becoming more of a commercial entity as sponsors are attracted to teams rather than drivers. The 'money' would love it if everyone just focused on the WCC which is why it is being given more significance these days. I remember when I started watching, no one really cared about the WCC

[deMuRe]

i love ferrari since i started watching f1...

but somehow, i think ferrari is toast this season....
i dont want to jinx the drivers, but i have a bad feeling that one of them will spin and DNF........oh please god no...

Unfortunately, if they don't both finish well into the points in China I would have to say I agree with you also...

[FerrariFan63]

I'm Ferrari to the core yet I do not dislike it when another/other team's surpass them. I do not base my love for F1 strictly on being a Ferrari fan, its all about the racing.

I'm wondering what with lack of in-season testing and all that, whether we might see more teams writing off seasons so that they can concentrate on next year. It's too early for that now, but if Ferrari doesn't improve within four or five races, they might decide to concentrate on 2010. And that could yield results next year with Ferrari stealing a march on the competition for next year.

[scotty]

Massa on the latest updates to the Ferrari...

Q & A with Felipe Massa

It's been a troubled started to the 2009 season for Felipe Massa, with the Brazilian having failed to score a point in the first four races of the season. However, there was a smile back on the face of the Brazilian in Spain on Saturday when he put his improved F60 on the second row of the grid for Sunday's race.

Clearly delighted with the improvements made to the F60, which includes the introduction of a double-decker diffuser, AUTOSPORT heard from Massa as he spoke to the press about the progress made.

Q. Jenson Button said in the FIA press conference that there could be 'mayhem' at the first corner tomorrow, given the speed of your cars with KERS. How do you see that run down to the first corner unfolding? Could it be a bit awkward?

Felipe Massa: Well, overtaking three cars like this is not so easy. I am very happy to have the KERS for the start tomorrow, in a reasonably good position. I am on the dirty side as well, so it won't be easy. Let's see what is going to happen at the start. Let's see how good our car can start, compared to the others. And the most important thing also is to think about the race. I think we can have a reasonable good pace in the race, and that for sure is a good boost and a good motivation for the race tomorrow.

Q. Has the improvement in the speed of the car this weekend given you a transformed feeling about the season ahead? Perhaps a feeling of fighting for podiums, wins and even the championship?

FM: I think now at least we have the same car, the same regulation, as the guys in front. Although not everybody, because of Red Bull, but it includes Brawn and some other teams that had this since the first race - whereas we didn't.

I have to say my car is a completely different car to drive compared to what I had in the first four races. The car is much more stable, it is a huge improvement in the high speed, a huge improvement with braking stability, so now I can drive much more the way I like – more aggressive and for sure we made a lot of lap time like that. I think that is a big improvement to show that we can improve even more.

But in the season, I think we still have some development going on. I think that we are now in the right direction. It may be too late, but we will not lose our motivation to fight for the podium or for victories. And I am ready for that.

Q. What do you believe the picture is now? How much did Ferrari improve with the car, and how much is still missing to the Brawns and the Red Bulls?

FM: I think you need to look maybe to Q1 and Q2 – which was everybody on low fuel. But also you cannot forget that in the race, which is the most important thing. Some cars have more degradation and some cars not. So I think we maybe miss a couple of tenths on this track, but on race pace they may also be quite strong.

So maybe we are still missing a couple of tenths which makes a lot in the race – a little bit in qualifying but a lot in the race. But looking at the development we had here, looking at the improvement we made here, a couple of tenths is quite possible for the next development. The others are not sleeping, they are working very hard, and we need to take that into consideration.

Q. While qualifying was good for you, it was quite disappointing for Kimi. Do you feel sympathy for him, as it was quite a costly error?

FM: Yes. I think this is quite difficult. It is quite bad for us, because I had the same in Malaysia. So, he didn't have a good lap in Q1 and he was supposed to go back out with another set of tyres, but I don't know what happened as I just arrived and came straight here, so I did not speak to the people. For sure it is not very good to have one car there and the other one not.

Q. How much of a better feeling do you have driving this car compared to the old one?

FM: I don't know if I will have a car to win the race, but I will at least have a car with which I can fight – and that gives a lot of motivation. With the motivation, you have the power to know you are not there just to race, you are there to fight. That is very good for the head of a driver, it is good for myself. I'm not there just to race now, I am there to fight for the victory. It is always good to come here and be more competitive.

Q. The team made the same mistake today with Kimi that it did in Malaysia with you. Does it worry you that the team does the same mistake again?

FM: Yes, you worry for sure. We need to work and try not to make this mistake. It is not a good thing for us, and we need to not repeat that kind of mistake. What do you want me to say? I am worried as I said...