something about Massa,my hero!?

Answer 1

Felipe Massa (born April 25, 1981) is a Brazilian Formula One racing driver, currently employed by the Ferrari team.

Massa, an Italo-Brazilian whose grandfather came to Brazil from the city of Cerignola, Italy, was born in São Paulo, Brazil. He started to take an interest in racing after delivering pizzas to the Brazilian grand prix when he was 7. Massa began karting when he was 8 years old, finishing fourth in his first season. He continued in national and international championships for 7 years, and in 1998 he moved into Formula Chevrolet, finishing the Brazilian championship in fifth. In the next season, he won 3 of the 10 races and took the championship. In 2000, he moved to Europe to compete in the Italian Formula Renault series, winning both it and the European Formula Renault championship in the same year. Whilst having the opportunity to move into Formula 3, he opted instead for the Formula 3000 Euro-Series, and was dominant, winning 6 of the 8 races to take the championship. He was offered an F1 test with the Sauber team, who promptly signed him for 2002. In the meantime he guested for Alfa Romeo in the European Touring Car Championship

His debut season of F1 saw him paired with 1999 F3000 champion Nick Heidfeld. Whilst showing that he definitely had pace, Massa made several mistakes and spun off the track on many occasions. He managed to score 4 championship points, including a 5th place finish at the Spanish Grand Prix at the Circuit de Catalunya. Late in the season he received a penalty for the United States Grand Prix, and thus Sauber brought in Heinz-Harald Frentzen, their former driver. Massa returned for Suzuka, but Frentzen was already confirmed as Heidfeld's team-mate for 2003. Having been denied a Jordan race seat, Massa moved to Ferrari as a test driver.

Having impressed the team, and showing signs that his mistake rate had declined, Massa was re-signed by the Sauber team for 2004, alongside Giancarlo Fisichella. He had a good season, scoring 12 of the team's 34 points - highlighted by a career-best 4th place at the Belgian Grand Prix. Fisichella generally outperformed his Brazilian team-mate, but Massa on occasion demonstrated sound pace. In 2005 he remained with Sauber, but in an uneventful season was unable to score regular points. He managed to outpace second driver Jacques Villeneuve over the course of the year, although the 1997 world champion was often the quicker of the two by the end of 2005. For 2006 Massa moved to Ferrari alongside Schumacher.

He got off to a good start at Ferrari, qualifying 2nd at the opening race in Bahrain, and managing to come from almost the back of the grid, (21st), to 5th in Malaysia, beating Schumacher who started from 14th. However, in Bahrain, in both Saturday practice and the race, he seemed to resume his tendency to spin, narrowly missing eventual winner Fernando Alonso in the race. He kept up his reputation as being a bit on the wild side at the Australian GP when he crashed his Ferrari in Qualifying, and then wrecking the heavily-repaired car at the first corner in the race in contact with Christian Klien and Nico Rosberg. However, he did score his first career podium at the Nürburgring, behind only Schumacher and Alonso, and then set the fastest lap at Barcelona. Since then he has managed to eliminate many unforced errors from his driving and has provided Schumacher with excellent backup during his world title campaign picking three more podium positions in the USA, France and Germany. He secured his first F1 pole position and his first F1 win at the 2006 Turkish Grand Prix, at the Istanbul Park circuit. His future position at Ferrari was secured by the announcing of Schumacher's retirement on 10 September 2006, and he will partner Kimi Räikkönen in the team for 2007 onwards. On the 22 of October, Felipe Massa won his home grand prix at the 2006 Brazilian Grand Prix, which was his second victory in his career, and the first time that a Brazilian driver won at Interlagos since Senna won in 1993.

In 2007 pre-season testing, Massa has topped the times 5 times and set the fastest lap for 4 out of 5 circuits.

Answer 2

The door is wide open on this one, but it looks like the first answer captured a lot. I would suggest going to the Ferrari team website, or going to his website to get more info. You can also just google his name and see what comes up. I gotta agree that he is quite the racer to watch and could be a future champion with the Ferrari team. I like his personality and passion. He makes for such a great underdog that it's impossible not to root for him. A perfect addition to the Ferrari team!

Tifosi for Life, Ferrari Forever!

Answer 3

idont like massa ....my driver is "el campeon"..........(alonso)....