Massa Looking Forward to his Home Race


By FIA Press Conference
October 23 2004

Felipe Massa shares his thoughts on his home race at this weekend's Brazilian Grand Prix and his hopes for a competitive car for next season. Felipe this is your home race and David potentially your last race. What are your thoughts coming into this? First of all Felipe.

Felipe MASSA: "I知 really happy to make my home Grand Prix and I知 looking forward to it. We don稚 know about the weather but I hope it will be fine and we can do a good race. Hopefully we can get points, which would be fantastic for me."

Felipe, your feelings about the year so far?

FM: "I feel this year was very good for me. I had a bit of problems at the beginning of the year. But after we started to work in the wind tunnel, the car improved a lot and I did as well. I think the second part of the year was very good for me. I was all the time very competitive and I was competitive with Giancarlo and with other drivers as well. I知 just looking forward, I致e not gone backwards. My races have been very quick and consistent. The second half of the year has been good for me and it should also be for next year as well. In terms of the car, that has improved a lot, and the Bridgestones, and I知 really looking forward."

You have the confidence to stay with the team next year. How much of a jump do you think you can make?

FM: "It is very difficult to stay. Everyone wants to be first next year, and it difficult to know how much better we are going to be. I think that we are learning every race and we are improving. Even in 2002 it was difficult to develop the car and it is fantastic now to see how much the car improves. But about next year, it is difficult to say. I think we will have a very good year and a competitive car."

(Dan Knutson) You had a battle with your future team- mate at the last race. What are your thoughts on Jacques Villeneuve?

FM: "For me it is very nice having Jacques as a team-mate, a world champion and it will be interesting for me to have a team-mate like this. I知 looking forward to it, hope to do a good job, be competitive and to be in front of him would be fantastic for me. It was a good fight at the last race, but it was not the only fight I had in the race. It was the only fight they showed on the television. There was a good fight at the start of the race, and a good fight with Montoya. It was a nice fight but it was not the only one."

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