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I'm not Ferrari number two, says Formula One racer Massa
BUDAPEST — Felipe Massa insisted on Friday that he was not prepared to play second fiddle to Ferrari teammate Fernando Alonso as the storm over Formula One team orders continued to…
BUDAPEST — Felipe Massa insisted on Friday that he was not prepared to play second fiddle to Ferrari teammate Fernando Alonso as the storm over Formula One team orders continued to rage.The Brazilian was at the wrong end of a controversial demand to pull over and let Alonso overtake and go on to claim victory in Germany last weekend.When asked at the Hungaroring circuit ahead of Friday's first free practice for the Hungarian Grand Prix what would happen if he was faced with the same situation, he replied, "I will win."The time I say I am number two driver, I will not race any more."I have spoken to everybody inside the team and as I said I am not here merely to race, I am here to win. That is really my point."As long as I am in the condition to win, we need to go to the end, to fight for the victory."I am a professional, I work for the team and everybody has to understand my point."Massa added that the decisions he made in Germany were for the benefit of the team and recalled when he had supported Kimi Raikkonen in 2007, and that Raikkonen had returned the favour in 2008, when Massa was chasing the title."I am working for the team and we know how important it is to work for the team," he said."You remember what happened in 2007 and 2008, so I don't think I have to go through all the points. If the team really has the chance to win the championship, I want the best for the team."Alonso also insisted that Massa was not the team's number two driver and claimed that any choices made in Germany were in the team's best interests."I think there is not a number one or number two driver," he said."I think it is more about respect of each other, respect of racing for the Scuderia - which means a lot."The Spaniard said he was unfazed by all the criticism generated by Ferrari's instruction which earned them a 100,000 dollar fine and a disciplinary hearing date at the FIA's World Motor Sports Council."Of course it doesn't affect me, not at all."If we lost one per cent of our concentration in everything they say we'd b
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