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Massa: Ferrari ‘doing incredible lap times’

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Felipe Massa says Williams has to watch out for Ferrari due to the “incredible lap times” it was posting during Friday practice.

Mercedes topped the times in both sessions, with Sebastian Vettel and Kimi Raikkonen third and fourth in FP2 on the lower fuel runs. Massa was forced to sit out the second session with a water leak and having spent the time analysing the lap times he says Ferrari’s race pace was surprising.

“I saw Ferrari was doing incredible lap times on the long run so we need to really open our eyes completely for them as well,” Massa said. “But now we need to analyse where we are compared to the others and I think tomorrow we will be sure - especially after qualifying - exactly where we are.”

Focusing on what he learned during FP2, Massa says he feels Ferrari is Williams’ main rival for a podium spot.

“Actually it was an interesting session to see that Mercedes is out of the way, Ferrari is much better and we are there in the fight, and maybe Red Bull didn’t show the same that we saw many times last year. So I think that’s what I saw in the session but things can change for tomorrow.”

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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.