Massa urged to help Alonso's title bid

Re: Massa urged to help Alonso's title bid#218125

By RA Dunk - 01 Oct 10, 17:28

- 01 Oct 10, 17:28#218125

Hexagram wrote:
autosport.com wrote:Ferrari has told Felipe Massa to do his bit in the final four races of the season to help Fernando Alonso capture the world championship title.

Edited for accuracy

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Re: Massa urged to help Alonso's title bid#218127

By Hexagram - 01 Oct 10, 17:32

- 01 Oct 10, 17:32#218127

RA Dunk wrote:
Hexagram wrote:
autosport.com wrote:Ferrari has told Felipe Massa to do his bit in the final four races of the season to help Fernando Alonso capture the world championship title.
Edited for accuracy

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Re: Massa urged to help Alonso's title bid#218138

By myownalias - 01 Oct 10, 19:04

- 01 Oct 10, 19:04#218138

vaptin wrote:
myownalias wrote:This is the least surprising news ever; Massa has effectively been #2 since Germany, this had just come to light now, so four more $100,000 fines to come then
Bit optimistic assuming Massa will be in front of Alonso (directly) in every track.

I meant in relation to being a support driver, not necessarily being ahead of Alonso!

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Re: Massa urged to help Alonso's title bid#218139

By vaptin - 01 Oct 10, 19:06

- 01 Oct 10, 19:06#218139

myownalias wrote:
vaptin wrote:
myownalias wrote:This is the least surprising news ever; Massa has effectively been #2 since Germany, this had just come to light now, so four more $100,000 fines to come then
Bit optimistic assuming Massa will be in front of Alonso (directly) in every track.
I meant in relation to being a support driver, not necessarily being ahead of Alonso!

Oh ok, just not sure how that will earn them 100k fines? Of course we're back to the wording of the rule being so hard to define again.

Re: Massa urged to help Alonso's title bid#218143

By The_Stig_Money - 01 Oct 10, 19:12

- 01 Oct 10, 19:12#218143

myownalias wrote:This is the least surprising news ever; Massa has effectively been #2 since Germany, this had just come to light now, so four more $100,000 fines to come then

I agree, WDC or WCC > $400,000

$400,000 is a small price to pay for them to win a title

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Re: Massa urged to help Alonso's title bid#218145

By MattMK45 - 01 Oct 10, 19:25

- 01 Oct 10, 19:25#218145

Yer they could sell pretty much 3 ferrari 458s and they've broken even.

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Re: Massa urged to help Alonso's title bid#218146

By myownalias - 01 Oct 10, 19:26

- 01 Oct 10, 19:26#218146

vaptin wrote:
myownalias wrote:
vaptin wrote:
myownalias wrote:This is the least surprising news ever; Massa has effectively been #2 since Germany, this had just come to light now, so four more $100,000 fines to come then
Bit optimistic assuming Massa will be in front of Alonso (directly) in every track.
I meant in relation to being a support driver, not necessarily being ahead of Alonso!
Oh ok, just not sure how that will earn them 100k fines? Of course we're back to the wording of the rule being so hard to define again.

I was being sarcastic; given that the FIA has effectively indicated that $100,000 is the price of using team orders!

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Re: Massa urged to help Alonso's title bid#218194

By Jensonb - 01 Oct 10, 23:35

- 01 Oct 10, 23:35#218194

Man...F**k Ferrari, seriously. What makes them think this kind of thing is cool? It's like they're going out of their way to come across as arrogant d**ks

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Re: Massa urged to help Alonso's title bid#218195

By vaptin - 01 Oct 10, 23:37

- 01 Oct 10, 23:37#218195

Jensonb wrote:Man...F**k Ferrari, seriously. What makes them think this kind of thing is cool? It's like they're going out of their way to come across as arrogant d**ks

It's from Luca, he plays the bad cop (Stefano good) whose ruthless to get results.

He tends to be quite, outspoken, earlier on in the season I didn't think it was working, but recently his words do seem to have an effect.

Re: Massa urged to help Alonso's title bid#218196

By madbrad - 01 Oct 10, 23:57

- 01 Oct 10, 23:57#218196

myownalias wrote: Massa has been #2 since 2006,

Fixed.

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Re: Massa urged to help Alonso's title bid#218198

By Hexagram - 02 Oct 10, 00:03

- 02 Oct 10, 00:03#218198

madbrad wrote:
myownalias wrote: Massa has been #2 since 2006,
Fixed.

I seem to recall Kimi being #2 near the end of 2008. That would make Massa what then?

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Re: Massa urged to help Alonso's title bid#218200

By racechick - 02 Oct 10, 00:15

- 02 Oct 10, 00:15#218200

Massa 'urged', so what was the team radio thing then? And what does this recent urging consist of?

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Re: Massa urged to help Alonso's title bid#218201

By f1ea - 02 Oct 10, 00:31

- 02 Oct 10, 00:31#218201

racechick wrote:Massa 'urged', so what was the team radio thing then? And what does this recent urging consist of?

He's urged to win the title. Or help the teammate win it (and obvioulsy the WCC as well). You either do one or the other, or else...
Lots of drivers willing to do either for Ferrari.

And well done for Ferrari! I'm surprised Luca was not like this the last 2 seasons when Ferrari lost out. First off, Massa's championship because of team and driver inconsistencies, then Kimi's because him and the team simply were not able to work around the issues.

Came out fighting indeed.

Re: Massa urged to help Alonso's title bid#218204

By Jabberwocky - 02 Oct 10, 01:23

- 02 Oct 10, 01:23#218204

autosport.com wrote:
"Those who race for Ferrari don't race for themselves, but for the Ferrari team colours. One who wants to race for himself will have to face his team."

To the Ferrari team colours it did not matter who won that race. Alonso or Massa. I would also be a bit annoyed by the Alonso is more a part of the team statement if I was Massa

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Re: Massa urged to help Alonso's title bid#218221

By The_Stig_Money - 02 Oct 10, 05:40

- 02 Oct 10, 05:40#218221