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[What's Burning?]

I've yet to see the monkey spanky.

[spankyham]

For me, the F138 is simply a lethal and gorgeous looking car ....

[What's Burning?]

do you really want to call an F1 car lethal?

[spankyham]

do you really want to call an F1 car lethal?

To other teams/cars yes. I was simply trying to point out how good the car looks IMO .... but I get your point, not intended any other way

[darwin dali]

For me, the F138 is simply a lethal and gorgeous looking car ....

And it seems to work really well for certain people as the object of mental masturbation.

[LRW]

Massa continues his good pace. Which is excellent news I think.

Although I do believe Alonso, with his blistering starts, will have taken him by the first corner.

[Coronis]

Massa continues his good pace. Which is excellent news I think.

Although I do believe Alonso, with his blistering starts, will have taken him by the first corner.

Like last week

[Ferrari man 009]

Although I do believe Alonso, with his blistering starts, will have taken him by the first corner.

Massa will lead away, but Alonso will catch Massa half asleep at the 2nd stop and undercut him again!

[andrew]

You mean Massa will lead away and Ferrari will either tell him to pull over or screw him in the pit stops.

[LewEngBridewell]

Loving this run of form from Felipe Massa. He's looking as good as he's been since that fateful day in Budapest, back in 2009. Good to see, and hopefully the race will go better for him than the season opener.

[Ferrari man 009]

You mean Massa will lead away and Ferrari will either tell him to pull over or screw him in the pit stops.

Ferrari didnt screw him in Australia, if Massa had followed Alonso into the pits rather than rigidly following his strategy he may well have finished P2.

[Hammer278]

You mean Massa will lead away and Ferrari will either tell him to pull over or screw him in the pit stops.

Ferrari didnt screw him in Australia, if Massa had followed Alonso into the pits rather than rigidly following his strategy he may well have finished P2.

[andrew]

You mean Massa will lead away and Ferrari will either tell him to pull over or screw him in the pit stops.

Ferrari didnt screw him in Australia, if Massa had followed Alonso into the pits rather than rigidly following his strategy he may well have finished P2.

It's kind of irrelevant anyway. Massa would have had to pull over as Ferrari will see Alonso for their best bet for the championship.

I wonder what Alonso is thinking about his team mates current form? That's four races in a row now that Massa's out-qualified him.

[darwin dali]

You mean Massa will lead away and Ferrari will either tell him to pull over or screw him in the pit stops.

Ferrari didnt screw him in Australia, if Massa had followed Alonso into the pits rather than rigidly following his strategy he may well have finished P2.

It's kind of irrelevant anyway. Massa would have had to pull over as Ferrari will see Alonso for their best bet for the championship.

I wonder what Alonso is thinking about his team mates current form? That's four races in a row now that Massa's out-qualified him.

ESPNF1:
Fernando Alonso believes it is positive for Ferrari to have Felipe Massa putting up a strong fight against him in qualifying after he was out-qualified by his team-mate for the fourth race in a row.

At the last two rounds of 2012 Massa was faster than Alonso in qualifying and at the start of this year he has started ahead of his team-mate on the grid at the first two races. Previously in 2012 Massa struggled to match the pace of his team-mate, but despite the danger of the Brazilian taking points off him, Alonso welcomes the competition.

"It's not the first time that we have very close competition and it was very close over the last three years as well, although I know for you [the media] it was not that close," he said. "Felipe had some bad luck, incidents and mechanical problems but in fact he was much closer than he looked in the points at the end of the year.

"This year it is again very close - no big difference - and maybe a bit closer at the last few races as I am behind on the grid. But so far on Saturday there are no points so we will keep working for Sunday. It's the best news for the team and we need to have competition between the two drivers in the team and share information. I think now all the data that we have from free practice and qualifying is very useful to compare and make yourself better. This is only good news for the team and we will push ourselves to the limit."

[Hammer278]

It's not the first time that we have very close competition and it was very close over the last three years as well, although I know for you [the media] it was not that close," he said.