Massa ready for 'important' year
February 04, 2012 11:42:29 UK
Felipe Massa has admitted that 2012 will be an important year for him after being told he must deliver "something special" by Ferrari president Luca Di Montezemolo.
The Brazilian has struggled for the last two years and has not won a Grand Prix in 47 attempts in a run stretching back to the final round of the 2008 season.
He has never really been the same driver since suffering a fractured skull in qualifying for the Hungarian Grand Prix in 2009 and is now in the final year of his contract.
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"As for Massa, he knows as well as we know that he has to do something great, and something special, after a non-positive season," said Di Montezemolo. "He's got all of the ingredients necessary for getting top results."
Massa responded by saying: "This is going to be quite an important year for me and the whole team. This is going to be the victory year. We want to fight to get the championship back.
"I want to start the season in the right way and get to the end of the championship in an even better way."
Massa is 8889.00 to win the 2012 drivers' title while team-mate Fernando Alonso can be backed at 4.50. Meanwhile, Ferrari are 26.00 to win the constructors' title.
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