Felipe Massa: Has crashed five times so far this season. Photo: Sporting Life
A year ago Felipe Massa seemed to be on his way out of Ferrari due to an unfortunate start to the season, scoring only 25 points from the opening 11 races before mounting a comeback in the second half of the campaign.
Twelve months on and the 32-year-old Brazilian is again in the firing line, crashing his car five times over four grands prix weekends – in Monaco, Canada, at Silverstone and then last Sunday when he spun out of the German Grand Prix on lap four.
Despite that, and with speculation rife as to his replacement given his contract expires at the end of the year, Di Montezemolo has publicly backed his driver, as was the case last year.
“Felipe is fully aware he can count on our total confidence in him,” said Di Montezemolo, speaking to Gazzetta dello Sport.
“I hope he will soon secure the results that will show his talent to the full, such as the great starts he pulled off at the last two grands prix.
“The future? We will talk about that further down the line as there is no hurry.” – Sporting Life
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