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Felipe Massa
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Felipe Massa has always been something of a wild card. Although phenomenally fast, his lack of maturity and focus have made many regard him as a dangerous obstacle on the track. In fact, several people questioned Peter Sauber’s wisdom when he signed the Brazilian in 2002.
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Felipe Massa (born April 25, 1981) is a Brazilian Formula One racing driver, currently employed by the Ferrari team. He is under contract to race for Ferrari until the end of the 2010 season.[1]
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Felipe Massa managed to bang in a respectable third place on the famous Monaco streets. But his top speeds were nowhere near the speeds achieved by his competitors in the silver MCLaren Mercedes F1 cars. In fact, after the first corner, Felipe never even seriously managed to hassle rookie McLaren F1 driver Lewis Hamilton, who steadily vanished into the distance hot on the tail of Fernando Alonso. But one has to admit that his was a clean race, at least.
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Felipe Massa climbed steadily and quietly up the F1 ladder at Sauber until he had his big chance as a driver for Ferrari in 2006. As Michael Schumacher's teammate the Brazilian did not disappoint, winning the first two races of his career, the Turkish Grand Prix and the Brazilian Grand Prix. As teammate to Kimi Raikkonen in 2007, Massa started as a pre-season a favorite for the drivers' title.
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Felipe Massa, born on the 25th of April 1982 in Sao Paulo Brazil, will be just 19 years old when he takes to the Albert Park circuit next March to make his debut in the pinnacle of Motorsports. Felipe spent many years in the Karting series, staring back in 1990 when he finished fourth in the Sao Paolo Micro-Kart cat. Sixth the following year and third in '93, he continued in the series until 1998 when he made his debut in Formula Chevrolet with a fifth place finish in the Brazilian championship only to clinch the title the following season.
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Today at Monte Carlo (Monaco), Felipe Massa was presented with a Fiat 500 powered by an exclusive 1.4 litre, 120 bhp engine and personalised with unique graphic details, such as his signature embossed in the sill scuff plate. With Pearl White paintwork and interior trim in brown Cordura, the supermini given to the Scuderia Ferrari driver is, of course, the Sport variant, with a Skydome electric sunroof, 16” diamond alloy finish and red brake callipers.
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