““Alonso is faster than you” (Alonso is faster than you). Who does not remember one of the most legendary radio messages of this century in Formula 1). Felipe Massa leads the 2010 German GP ahead of his Ferrari teammate Fernando Alonso. At that time, team orders were prohibited but the contender for the title was the Asturian. For this reason, from the Italian wall they wanted to camouflage that order by simply telling the Brazilian that the Spanish was coming faster. They then asked him if he understood the message, indicating that he needed to let himself go.
Logically, that message went around the world, sparking laughter, debate, and even t-shirts being made with the phrase. For Massa this was a very hard blow because only a year ago, On July 25, 2009, he suffered a serious accident in Hungary which could have ended worse than it did. A piece of Barrichello’s Brwan leapt into the air and struck his compatriot in the head. Massa went straight through the wall unconscious and was in a coma for several days.. That victory for him meant leaving the past behind but Ferrari had other plans. Almost 15 years later, Felipe still regrets that decision.
“No one told me that I wasn’t the same. Obviously, I was criticized a lot in the press because after my accident, I didn’t win a race in Formula 1 again, but I came close several times. Unfortunately, I was denied victory in Germany, on July 25, 2010, the day exactly one year since my accident in Hungary“he said in statements to Motorsport Brasil.
“It was one of the saddest days of my life. After that, I lived in a different time, because I no longer had a competitive vehicle to fight for victories, as I did before.”
Despite a few more years of defending the colors of Ferrari and later that of Williams, that victory never came again. He added the odd podium with both teams but his last victory was the 2008 Brazilian GP. His bitterest victory after he was world champion by a few seconds, before Hamilton overtook Glock before the finish line and took the crown to the destruction of the Brazilian and the Interlagos stands.
Source: La Verdad
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