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Massa confident Williams has fixed Monaco woes

Felipe Massa is confident Williams has developed its car sufficiently to avoid a repeat of its Monaco woes in this weekend's Hungarian Grand Prix.

Both Williams drivers struggled for pace in Monaco and failed to score a single point on the street circuit. Since then, F1 has visited high-speed tracks, but Hungary will offer up the first lower speed circuit since Monte Carlo.

Massa - who was left with life threatening injuries following an accident in qualifying for the 2009 race in Hungary - says recent developments should ensure Williams is able to fight at the front this weekend.

"Hungary is a special place for me," Massa said. "I have a lot of fans there after my accident in 2009 and since then the people have really got behind me which is great. Being so close to a city which has such fantastic culture really adds to the race weekend.

"This circuit wouldn’t normally suit our car because it’s quite low speed, but we have improved the car so much in recent races with the upgrades we have introduced so we should have another competitive weekend."

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Andrew Lewin

Andrew first became a fan of Formula 1 during the time when Michael Schumacher and Damon Hill were stepping into the limelight after the era of Alain Prost, Nigel Mansell and Aryton Senna. He's been addicted ever since, and has been writing about the sport now for nearly a quarter of a century for a number of online news sites. He's also written professionally about GP2 (now Formula 2), GP3, IndyCar, World Rally Championship, MotoGP and NASCAR. In his other professional life, Andrew is a freelance writer, social media consultant, web developer/programmer, and digital specialist in the fields of accessibility, usability, IA, online communities and public sector procurement. He worked for many years in magazine production at Bauer Media, and for over a decade he was part of the digital media team at the UK government's communications department. Born and raised in Essex, Andrew currently lives and works in south-west London.