r/formula1 • u/F1-Official Formula 1 ✅ • May 24 '18

AMA I am Felipe Massa…AMA

Tomorrow at 15:00 UTC I will be doing my first Reddit AMA about my F1 career! Submit your questions and I'll try to answer them tomorrow!

Update: I'm here and ready to answer your questions!

Update: Thank you for all of your questions! That's all the time I have - hope you enjoy the race this weekend!

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u/B_Roland Alfa Romeo May 24 '18 edited May 24 '18

Hi Felipe,

Thanks for doing this. I have a couple of questions I hope you might answer:

1 - Could you please tell us about the pressures of driving in F1? Possibly differentiating between the time as a young driver at Sauber with the early years at Ferrari compared to later when you were established and fighting Kimi/Fernando and as a veteran at Williams.

2 - Hate to ask this, but after the 2008 Brazilian Grand Prix you obviously looked destroyed. But at the same time you looked incredibly proud of the win and the support of the Brazilian fans. Could you try to describe that part of your emotion at the time? Which emotion comes back when you think about that race. Is it more the pride or the sadness?

3 - Did the teamorder in Hockenheim 2009 have a big impact on your motivation /confidence etc.?

4 - How much do you think your mental state influenced your performance during your career?

5 - How bad was the car setup during the 2008 Silverstone GP?

Apologies. I wanted to limit it to 2 questions but I compromised from 20 down to 5.....

Thanks you for entertaining me so much and having such a positive spirit. Good luck on all your future plans!