Massa overshadows Vettel with sizzling run

Greater Noida: Felipe Massa pulled off a stunning lap at the fag end of the second free practice on Friday afternoon, whipping his Ferrari to over 215kmph to blunt world champion Sebastian Vettel's thrust.

The Brazilian's time of 1:25.706 was by far the best performance of the day at the Buddh International Circuit — a slender but morale-boosting lead of 0.088 seconds ahead of the Red Bull driver.

Massa, however, was reluctant to read too much into his performance. “It's always nice to be in the first place at the end of a day's work. However, we know that Friday's results are all relative. Sure, it would be nice to move through the weekend in the same position, but that will be very difficult to achieve,” he said.


The Hindu