Felipe Massa hit back at claims from Eddie Jordan that he would play dirty to win the title in this weekend's season finale at Interlagos, stating that, "Playing dirty has never been part of my game."
Talking to the Press Association, Massa slammed Jordan for saying what he did and insisted, "I don't want anything to do with it. The only thing on my mind is winning the race."
Massa heads into the title showdown seven points adrift of McLaren rival Lewis Hamilton. He has said that he has no intention of winning the WDC by foul-play.
"If I'm champion, it will be a dream come true. If not, that's okay. I will try again next year."
Later on in the interview, Massa took a sly dig at Eddie Jordan and said, "Since he sold his team, Eddie Jordan has had nothing to do with F1 except for what he says in the press!"
Massa, who will be on home-turf, will attempt to overtake Hamilton's seven-point advantage in front of a predominantly Ferrari crowd. Pressure is mounting on both drivers, but in the interview Massa turned up the intensity of the mind games and insisted that he went into the race on Sunday with nothing to lose.
"Lewis will try and put pressure on me, but I have zero pressure because I have nothing to lose," he said.
"I have my people behind me, and all the pressure will be on him, especially when you think of what happened at this race last year. I now can't wait for this final Sunday of the season."
Do you think that Eddie Jordan had the right to say what he did? Who do you think has more pressure on their shoulders? Regardless of what the fans think, Sunday will be will be the true calling for two drivers that have had one hell of a season.
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2 months ago
Well considering Massa has deliberately rammed Hamilton once already this year I would say EJ is spot on! It is interesting to note that Montoya has come out and said the same thing.
from 2 months ago
Peter do you have issues with all things red? I bet Christmas is just one long horror movie to your eyes.
from 2 months ago
Anthony you are just trying to take the focus off the issue. The idea that Ferrari and the FIA have played it clean this season is as believable as Father Christmas. Its not a hatred of all things Red, its a hatred of foul play.
2 months ago
But what I hate about all these articles is the media suggesting that Massa might try to run Hamilton off track, ffs, if he did that, it would be very PROBABLE that his own Ferrari will be damaged in the process, so why should he bother? If his Ferrari is damaged, he will most probably have to make an extra stop and by that he'd lose precious time in the race, thus making his chances of winning very thin. The media must think he's like an idiot to claim that such an option would work for him. If anybody, then Lewis could think about this strategy, cause he's the one leading at the moment. If he attempted that, they'd both have DNF and Lewis would maintain the lead. Another person who could think about running anybody (read: Lewis) purposely off-track is Massa's teammate Raikkonen. An evil plan, but if successful, it will work out most wonderfully for Massa. Once again, please THINK, media, before you write anything. I'm sick of all these articles telling the same story of 'oh, maybe Massa will try to drive into him and win by that'. What a fucking stupid idea.
2 months ago
What I hate iabout all these articles s the media suggesting that Massa might try to run Hamilton off track, ffs, if he did that, it would be very PROBABLE that his own Ferrari will be damaged in the process, so why should he bother? If his Ferrari is damaged, he will most probably have to make an extra stop and by that he'd lose precious time in the race, thus making his chances of winning very thin. The media must think he's like an idiot to claim that such an option would work for him. If anybody, then Lewis could think about this strategy, cause he's the one leading at the moment. If he attempted that, they'd both have DNF and Lewis would maintain the lead. Another person who could think about running anybody (read: Lewis) purposely off-track is Massa's teammate Raikkonen. An evil plan, but if successful, it will work out most wonderfully for Massa. Once again, please THINK, media, before you write anything. I'm sick of all these articles telling the same story of 'oh, maybe Massa will try to drive into him and win by that'. What a fucking stupid idea.
from 2 months ago
Troy you do have a point about Massa having more to loose.
However it is not the news people that are saying this about Massa, its Eddie Jordan and Montoya. The news industry is just doing its job and reporting what has been said.
I don't think Hamilton is expecting Massa to try take him off again, as far as I have seen the two have a reasonably friendly relationship and have probably sorted things out since Japan.
And after all even the Ferrari pro FIA penalised Massa last time and he needs to make up too many points to risk being penalised, even if his car did survive. I also think Kimi is not the type to be part of dirty tricks.
I think Hamilton will either come first or third.
2 months ago
I much prefer Paul and Ryan news-round-ups than these frankly pointless news-bites in an attempt to boost your article count.
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