Felipe Massa

At 43 years old, Felipe Massa has this physical status:

Felipe Massa (Brazilian Portuguese: [filipi mas] was born on April 25, 1981), a Brazilian racing driver. He competed in 15 seasons of Formula One between 2002 and 2017, winning 11 Grand Prix titles, 41 podiums, and finished as the championship runner-up in 2008 by a single point. He now works full time in the Brazilian Stock Car Pro Series, primarily driven the No. 301. Lubrax Podium is a 19 Chevrolet Cruze built for Lubrax Podium.

Massa began his go-karting career at the age of eight and has been competing in national and regional championships for seven years. He took his first Formula Chevrolet and took the championship. In 2000, he began working in Italian Formula Renault and gained the title as part of the European championships. In 2001, he entered Euro Formula 3000, winning the European Championship for the first time.

He began his Formula One career with Sauber before joining Scuderia Ferrari as a test driver in 2003. He returned to Sauber for 2004 and 2005 before returning to Ferrari, where he won two races in 2006, including his home Grand Prix, where he became the first Brazilian since Ayrton Senna to win the Brazilian Grand Prix. He won three races in 2007, finishing fourth in the Drivers' Championship. After a lengthy championship war with Lewis Hamilton, winning six races to Hamilton's five in the 2008 Drivers' World Championship, he came in second place. He was injured in the 2009 Hungarian Grand Prix after being suspended from a suspension spring from Rubens Barrichello's Brawn GP car. He was forced to miss the remainder of the season, but he returned in 2010 and briefly led the championship. He had a poor showing in 2011 scoring no podiums but consistently scoring points. He was active in the Constructors' Championships in 2007 and 2008 and was on contract to race for the team until the 2013 season ended. He announced on September ten, 2013 that he would leave Ferrari at the end of the season. He succeeded Pastor Maldonado with Valtteri Bottas at Williams in 2014.

Massa has confirmed that he will withdraw from Formula One at the end of the 2016 season. However, the unexpected departure of 2016 Formula One Champion Nico Rosberg from Mercedes caused Valtteri Bottas' late transfer from Williams to Mercedes, leaving a late vacancy at Williams. Massa's retirement was postponed, and for the 2017 season, he rejoined Williams to Lance Stroll, his partner rookie Lance Stroll. Massa announced on November 4th that he would be retiring from Formula One at the end of the 2017 season.

Massa has pursued a career in Formula E after retiring from Formula One. He then appeared in the Stock Car Brasil series in 2021.

Early life

Massa was born in So Paulo and grew up in Botucatu, So Paulo's countryside. He is of Italian descent. His grandparents immigrated from Cerignola, Italy, in the province of Foggia.

He began karting when he was 8 years old and finished fourth in his first season. He competed in national and international championships for seven years, before heading to Formula Chevrolet in 1998, finishing fifth in fifth place in the Brazilian championships. He won 3 of the ten races and claimed the championship in the following season.

Massa moved to Europe in 2000 to compete in the Italian Formula Renault series, winning both the Italian and European Formula Renault championships that year. He could have migrated to Formula Three but instead chose Euro Formula 3000, where he won 6 of the eight races and the 2001 championship. He was then offered a Formula One test with the Sauber team, who had signed him for 2002. He also worked for Alfa Romeo as a guest driver in the European Touring Car Championship.

Personal life

Felipe Massa married Anna Raffaela Bassi on November 30, 2007, in So Paulo, Brazil. Felipinho (Bassi Massa), the couple's first son, was born on November 30, 2009.

Massa is a friend of Swiss watchmaker Richard Mille, who has dedicated several models of his watches to him (RM-005FM, RM-011).

Nicolas Todt, son of Ferrari's former team principal and former FIA president Jean Todt, is Massa's boss.

Despite Massa's support for Brazilian football team So Paulo FC, he also supports Turkish football team Fenerbahçe, which was previously managed by Zico. "Zico was my childhood idol, Roberto Carlos is my best friend," Massa said on August 24, 2007. I am a Fenerbahçe fan because it looks like a Brazilian team. I love Turkey, as I ran my first championship race in Turkey, so it has a special place for me."

Every year, Massa held the Desafio Internacional das Estrelas (International Challenge of the Stars), a charity kart race. Notably, many top-level Brazilian drivers, including Formula One drivers Rubens Barrichello and Nelson Piquet Jr., who competed in American open wheel competitions including Tony Kanaan, Mario Moraes, Felipe Giaffone, Vinci, Roberto Moreno, and Gil de Ferran, as well as Stock Car Brasil champion Cacá Bueno, have competed in the tournament, including Formula One drivers Rubens Barrichello and Nelson Piquetor In addition, Brazilian motorcycle racer Alex Barros has participated in several international motorcycle races. In 2007, Michael Schumacher and Luca Badoer joined the Brazilian contingent. Participants include Vitantonio Liuzzi, Jeff Gordon, and Jaime Alguersuari.

Massa took part in a world record show in Silverstone on September 18th, where 964 Ferrari cars, 36 shy of their target of 1000, were assembled together on the track. 25,000 enthusiasts attended Massa's 2008 test driver Marc Gené's 2008 car.

Massa is based on the Roman Catholic faith.

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Formula One career

Massa was partnered by 1999 International Formula 3000 champion Nick Heidfeld in his rookie year in Formula 1. He made a good job by racing, but he made several mistakes, including spinning off the track multiple times. Massa's first season was good, with his best result coming in fourth place at the Circuit de Catalunya in Spain. He was banned from the United States Grand Prix in an attempt to circumnavigate the penalty after picking up a 10-place grid drop during the Italian Grand Prix in an attempt to circumnavigate the penalty, but Heinz-Harald Frentzen was later substituted. Massa's seat in the Japanese Grand Prix has returned to the driver's seat, but Sauber has announced that Frentzen will accompany Heidfeld in 2003, leaving Massa without a race seat. Rather, he spent a year with Ferrari, Sauber's engine designers, gaining knowledge by doing battle for the championship winners.

Sauber re-signed Massa for the 2004 season. He earned 12 of Sauber's 34 points in 2004, his highest result being his fourth place in the Belgian Grand Prix. Giancarlo Fisichella scored the team's other 22 points. Massa was still living in Sauber in 2005. Despite scoring only 11 points, he outlasted his coworker Jacques Villeneuve for the majority of the season and defeated him in the Drivers' Championship. Massa revealed in an August 2022 interview that after Sauber was bought by BMW, the team gave him a three-year deal, but Ferrari kept the option on him to replace the outgoing Rubens Barrichello, who had signed for Honda for the 2006 season. Massa was then suspended and replaced by his former coworker Heidfeld, who later joined Ferrari to partner Michael Schumacher, and then moved to Ferrari.

Massa finished second in the opening race in Bahrain, rising from 21st position to 5th in Malaysia, defeating teammate Michael Schumacher who had started from 14th. Massa spun in Bahrain on Saturday, barely missing Fernando Alonso, the eventual champion of the competition, but not in both practice and race. In qualifying, he crashed his Ferrari in qualifying, then collided with Christian Klien and Nico Rosberg at the first corner of the championship. Despite this, he won his first career podium at the Nürburgring, finishing third, behind Michael Schumacher and Alonso. In 2006, he also set the fastest lap at Barcelona. In 2006, he had four more podium finishes, including his first F1 pole position and his first F1 victory at the Istanbul Park circuit.

Ferrari had intended to use Massa for the 2006 season only because they had already signed McLaren's Kimi Raikkonen to partner Schumacher for the 2007 season. However, Michael Schumacher announced in September 2006 that he would retire from Formula One at the end of the season, but that his future at Ferrari was secure. Massa won his home race at the Brazilian Grand Prix on October 22nd, the first time a Brazilian driver had won at Interlagos since 1993 Ayrton Senna. Massa finished third in the season with 80 points, behind world champion Alonso and Ferrari teammate Schumacher.

During the 2007 pre-season testing, Massa dominated the time sheets on five occasions and set the fastest lap for four circuits. However, his 2007 season was also plagued with stumbling blocks. He suffered with a gearbox leak during qualifying and needed an engine change at the start of the season. Massa's start was from 22nd place due to these challenges and a 10-grid-slot penalty for the engine change. He used a one pitstop approach to the race and came in seventh place in sixth place. Massa's problems in Malaysia continued, where the McLarens of Fernando Alonso and Lewis Hamilton overtook him at turn one despite qualifying on pole position. Massa went off track while attempting to overtake Hamilton and then lost two more places, dropping to fifth place, where he finished the season. However, his season continued to grow as he gained the Grand Prix of Bahrain and Spain, both from pole position, and came third in Monaco. Massa was disqualified by the race stewards at the Canadian Grand Prix for leaving the pit lane when the red light was shining. After this disqualification, he won one more race at the Turkish Grand Prix and finished second at six other races, including a second-place finish in his home Grand Prix. Massa was leading a large portion of the Brazilian Grand Prix before relinquishing the lead to teammate Kimi Räikkönen, who earned Räikkönen's world championship title. Massa finished fourth in the drivers' polls in 2007 with 94 points.

Massa's employment with Ferrari continued in October 2007 until the end of 2010.

At the first race of 2008 in Australia, Ferrari seemed to be off the pace. Massa finished fourth in the first lap, but at the first corner of the lap, she spun off. He collided with David Coulthard on lap 26 and eventually resigned due to engine failure.

He qualified on pole in Malaysia, half a second ahead of Räikkönen in second, a half-second behind Räikkönen. He led from pole for the first 16 laps but was surpassed by Räikkönen in the pitstops. He was still in contention for the victory battle, and he was chasing Räikkönen before he spun off and retired on lap 31 while in second.

Massa had no points going into the Bahrain Grand Prix (where he had won in 2007) and had no points. In qualifying, Robert Kubica came in pole position. Massa went through Kubica before the first corner, but before the first corner, Massa got off. Räikkönen soared to second place shortly, but he was unable to do a repeat of Malaysia. Massa was quicker and won by 3 seconds for his first points of the season.

Massa came in third place in Spain, behind Räikkönen and Fernando Alonso. He started at Alonso and finished second, behind Räikkönen and Räikkönen. For the entire race, he was on his teammate's tail, but he was unable to pass or get ahead in the stops.

Massa took pole position in Turkey's second round. He led from the start and held the lead during the round of pit stops, but Lewis Hamilton's three-stopping McLaren defeated him at the start of the second stint. Hamilton pushed away, but he didn't have the energy to make his third stop and then come out ahead of Massa. Massa was seven seconds up the road by then and claimed his second victory of the season and his third straight on the circuit.

In the rain, Massa qualified on pole and built up a 15-second lead over Räikkönen, but the safety car cut off the advantage. With a drive-through penalty, Räikkönen was out of contention. Massa began pulling away from Robert Kubica after the safety car arrived, but he ran up an escape road and lost the lead. Massa did jump Kubica in the pitstops, but Lewis Hamilton's one-stopping McLaren was ahead of both of them. Massa was fuelled to the end of the race and was struggling, holding Kubica up. Massa had to stop for slick tyres, while Kubica took his second fuel stop and jumped him. Massa came in third place behind Hamilton and Kubica.

Massa qualified in 6th place in the Canadian Grand Prix. Due to an incident involving Adrian Sutil, there was a safety car in the race. Both drivers spooked, but Massa had to pit twice due to a delay in his fuel delivery, putting him down to 17th. He fought back in fourth place by the end of the season, bringing the overall score up to fifth place. Massa's title candidates had trouble finishing after Hamilton collided with a stal Räikkönen in the pitlane, allowing Massa to equal Hamilton and top Räikkönen in the driver standings.

Massa qualified second on the grid in the French Grand Prix, behind his colleague Räikkönen. For the first half of the season, Massa finished some 3 to 4 seconds behind his colleagues. However, Räikkönen had a persistent malfunction in his exhaust system, which allowed Massa to overtake him and win the race. Massa gained a major league championship with two points ahead of Räikkönen and ten points ahead of Hamilton, with two points ahead of Kubica. Massa was the first Brazilian to lead the championship since Ayrton Senna in 1993.

Massa set the fastest time in first practice but then crashed. He had his season's worst qualifying season, starting in 9th. Massa spun five times and ended last in 13th in the wet event, although Hamilton dominated and Räikkönen placed fourth, a lap behind both his rivals. And so, Hamilton, Massa, and Räikkönen were deadlocked on 48 points, with Robert Kubica only two points behind them at the halfway stage of the season.

In Germany, the tenth round of the season was held. Massa came in second second, behind Hamilton. He stayed second, and was expected to finish here until Timo Glock, the safety car, was stolen. Hamilton stayed out due to a miscommunication, while others, led by Massa pitted, were disqualified. Massa, on the other hand, was behind Nelson Piquet Jr., who had already pitted as a one-stopper. Massa was not able to hold him off and finished third after a suing Hamilton arrived at him in the last ten laps. Massa was four points behind Hamilton in the championship, but three points ahead of Räikkönen.

The McLarens took the front row at the Budapest Grand Prix, and the best Massa could get was third. Massa did not start well with Heikki Kovalainen and pole sitter Hamilton on the run down to the first corner. From that point, he had the race under control and took over Hamilton by a five-second lead. Massa was left 20 seconds in front when Hamilton sustained a puncture but then had to retire after three laps, but with three laps remaining, he was forced to stop.

The European Grand Prix in Valencia, Spain, was in the twelfth round of the season. Massa dominated this new circuit from the start, with pole position firmly established from the start. However, during one of his pit stops, he was released early and almost touched wheels with Adrian Sutil, who was already down the pitlane. Massa won the race and also set the fastest lap time. The stewards fined Massa €10,000 for the incident with Sutil, but the victory was still a 6 points behind Hamilton despite being 7 points ahead of Räikkönen. This was Massa's 100th Grand Prix appearance.

Belgium, Massa qualified second second in second place behind Hamilton in the next race. He sat in third place at the start of Räikkönen and stayed in third until lap 42 of 44, when Hamilton passed Räikkönen for the lead, right after cutting a chicane. Despite the Finn crashing out and promoting Massa to second in that lap, the two teams had more battles throughout the lap, boosting Massa to second. Hamilton crossed the line first, but the stewards later ruled for cutting the chicane, but so the win went to Massa, putting him just two points behind Hamilton.

Massa qualified first at Ferrari's home race in Italy, and Hamilton came in last, but Hamilton came in 15th. Massa came up to third place in the contest, but he fell to sixth after he pitted more than most others. He was ranked ninth, but Hamilton snuckled Hamilton's championship lead to a single point.

Massa won the inaugural Singapore Grand Prix, beating Hamilton by six-tenths of a second in what was the first ever F1 night race and inaugural Singapore Grand Prix. He held the lead at the start of the lap, but Hamilton was more than five seconds ahead of Hamilton after 14 laps. However, Nelson Piquet Jr.'s accident pulled the safety vehicle out, causing a cramming of all the cars. It was then time for the first round of stops, and Massa's stop-fire was allowed to proceed, but the refueller was already refuelling the car. Massa was left with the fuel pump attached, and so had to stop at the end of the pitlane. The mechanics followed the pitlane until they finally pulled the truck apart, but Massa was now last. He was given a drive-through penalty for an unsafe launch, but he was 15 seconds behind the rest of the field. His race was ruined, he finished 13th, and Hamilton, who finished third, was seven points ahead of him.

Hamilton came in fifth on the grid, fifth fifth on the grid, with Massa in fifth, while Hamilton claimed pole position. Hamilton and Räikkönen had an incident, bringing the former to sixth place at the start. Massa remained fifth, a spot in front of his rival. Hamilton attempted to pass Massa on the second lap after Massa was trapped behind Jarno Trulli's slower car. The result was a tumultuous crash, with Hamilton spinning behind and Massa falling to seventh place. He was given a drive-through penalty for the incident and ended up in 14th place. He charged up the order, running the fastest lap on his way to finish eighth and a single point. This was his seventh visit to Sébastien Bourdais, who was found by the stewards to have caused a collision with Massa while exiting the pitlane.

Massa and teammate Räikkönen struggled for speed the entire weekend, a situation that Ferrari team principal Stefano Domenicali could not explain at the Chinese Grand Prix. Massa placed third in Räikkönen's Ferrari and champion Hamilton, and Hamilton claimed third. Massa's attempt to keep up with Hamilton, who raced away and maintained a safe margin, was difficult. Although he eventually recovered speed after the graining process on the medium compound tyres, he was unable to stop Hamilton. Hamilton took his lead out to seven points in the Drivers' Championship when Räikkönen gave Massa's championship hopes alive.

Massa stayed optimistic, saying, "For sure we are in a difficult situation, but we know many things can happen in a single race" and "Always play at home, you do better"; in the previous two years, he had won and second place at Interlagos. Massa was seven points behind Lewis Hamilton in the Brazilian Grand Prix, meaning Massa had to finish first or second to win, and Hamilton had to be outside the top five – the same position Räikkönen had been in a year earlier.

Massa qualified on pole, while Räikkönen finished third, just ahead of Hamilton. Just before the race, there was a rain shower, and all drivers were on intermediates. Massa maintained the lead, but after ten laps, everyone had to change to slicks on a drying track. Massa was still leading, though the order was shuffled. Despite having to change to intermediates after a late rain shower, he dominated the majority of the run, took the fastest lap, and took the title by 13 seconds. Hamilton, on the other hand, slowed for speed. He was fourth in the general race until the late shower, behind Massa, Alonso, and Räikkönen. Timo Glock gambled on staying out of the drys during the late shower. He came in fourth place in Hamilton, fifth in the Hamilton Cup. Massa had Hamilton 5th leading Hamilton, which would be enough for Hamilton to win the Championship with three laps remaining. Hamilton then made a mistake and was defeated by Sebastian Vettel, demoting him to 6th position and distributing the Championship to Massa. Massa won, while Hamilton was still sixth in last place when he came up to the second corner. He then passed Glock, who had just been overtaken by Vettel and who was struggling to get to grip with his dry tyres, and so climbed to fifth place. By a single point, this was enough to guarantee him the Drivers Championship. Massa would have won the championship if he had tied points with Massa by 6 victories to 5 on the season.

Massa "no more the man," F1.com said, "No more the Ferrari number two, Massa is now a contender." Ferrari President Luca di Montezemolo also praised his maturity, saying, "I can only imagine how painful it must have been for him." However, I would like to give him my very special acknowledgement, not only for winning the running out there in front of his followers, but also for his maturity and sportsmanship, which was off target. He's a natural performer and a great guy."

Ferrari's 2009 rival, the F60, was defeated by Felipe Massa in a shakedown test at Mugello on January 12, 2009.

Several days before the season's first Australian Grand Prix, Ferrari announced that it would equip the F60 with KERS. Massa's first practice session on Friday did not go as planned, with him posting the 7th and 10th fastest times. He lined up 7th in Saturday qualifying farewell (although he was promoted to 6th after Glock's Toyota was disqualified). After the first six laps (where the Ferraris climbed to the front of the pack), the Ferrari's poor ability to control their tyres lead to their fierce race plan of super soft/medium/medium compounds, paying no dividends. Despite Massa's efforts to finish in the top three for the first half of the season, the super soft tyres' exceptional graining pushed him into a 3-stop tactic. Before he was able to finish the race, a mechanical malfunction compelled him to abandon.

Massa was unable to make it to the first session of qualifying in Malaysia due to a mistake by Ferrari. Massa said in a Rede Globo interview that he and the team believed his initial time was fast enough to pass into Q2, but that the team decided against recording further times in order to save the car's engine. This was not the case, and Massa later finished 16th in the race. Massa was ranked 9th, just outside the points-paying positions, after the race was called off on the 33rd lap due to torrential rain, poor light, and timing delays. Massa also failed to score in the first two races, retiring from the Chinese Grand Prix with electrical issues and finishing in 14th place in Bahrain due to a KERS issue and damaging his car's front-wing.

Ferrari unveiled a new version of the previous series in Spain, aiming to eliminate many of the flaws present in the previous races. Massa achieved fourth place with the new aerodynamic parts. After the race, he managed to hold third place for the majority of the series before a computer issue forced the car to use less fuel than it should have, causing Vettel and Alonso to cruise past, only for him to realize that after the race, the car had enough fuel for him not to conserve. Since the two Brawns and in front of both Red Bull cars, the much improved vehicle displayed its speed by clocking the third fastest time of the season.

Massa finished fourth in the overall championship, with the fastest race lap in the world, in Monaco, another step forward for the car. Massa took his first podium position of the season after qualifying a disappointing 8th place at the Nürburgring. After getting off to a good start in fourth place, he used his fuel tactics while protecting from other drivers and looking for his tyres to secure the final podium position.

Massa's head, though shielded by his driver's helmet, was struck by a suspension spring that had fallen from Rubens Barrichello's Brawn's Brawn on a high-speed segment of the track on July 25, 2009. He then crashed head-on into a tyre blockage. Massa was airlifted to the EK hospital in Budapest, where he underwent surgery in the region surrounding his left eye. His health had been described as "life-threatening but stable" at first, but it quickly improved. Massa was released from hospital and returned to Brazil the following week. Massa needed a titanium plate inserted into his skull to improve it for racing, which was the result of further tests. Michael Schumacher, a Ferrari consultant and seven-time world champion, was recruited to take over Massa's race seat during his recovery, but his return to action was delayed due to neck injuries sustained during a motorcycle accident earlier this year. Luca Badoer, a Ferrari test driver, was named as Massa's substitute for the European and Belgian Grands Prix. On September 3, 2009, Ferrari revealed that Massa's seat for the remainder of the season would be taken by Giancarlo Fisichella, who had signed a contract with Ferrari to be a Ferrari test driver for 2010 and had been driving for Force India during the 2009 season.

In Paris on October 10, 2009, the FIA's medical delegate co-ordinated a series of neurological tests as part of Formula One Massa's return to Formula One Massa. Massa's success resulted in the announcing that Massa would begin racing on October 12th, 2009. At the 2009 Brazilian Grand Prix, he waved the chequered flag.

Massa began the 2010 season with a second-place qualifying position and a second-place finish in Bahrain behind teammate Fernando Alonso, despite having to save fuel in the last 22 laps.

Massa was elected as the head of the Grand Prix Drivers' Union at the Australian Grand Prix. Massa finished fifth in the race, which was characterized by unpredictable weather and ten non-finishers. He came in third, largely because of the chaos. Massa jokingly that it had been an unusually good start to the season for him after the race. At Melbourne, he came in third place for his best-ever finish. He took the world championship after a tumultuous ride to 7th from 21st on the grid in Malaysia. However, he fell to sixth place in the standings after a disappointing ninth in China.

Massa finished sixth in Spain and placed sixth in the series, despite a collision between Karun Chandhok that damaged his front wing. Massa was incredibly fast during training and qualified fourth in Monaco, finishing fourth. He got off to a good start and joined Robert Kubica in the first corner, but he had to surrender the racing line at the first corner and finished in fourth, bringing him to fifth in the championship with 61 points. In the second round of the Turkish Grand Prix, a sport in which Massa has excelled, he finished seventh, but he did enough to qualify teammate Alonso and defeat him in the competition. Massa characterized the contest as "boring"; he spent it fighting with Kubica and Vitaly Petrov for the minor points positions. He qualified seventh in Canada and after an excellent start, he spun Liuzzi 3 times, but then he came to a disappointing finish, finishing 15th and a lap down. He finished 5th in Valencia, but after Mark Webber and Heikki Kovalainen collided and the safety car came out, he finished 11th and out of the points. Silverstone, Massa, came in seventh, but he developed a puncture on the first lap after contact in the circuit's new area. He ended up in a disappointing fifteenth as the last car on the lead lap.

Massa took the lead early, ahead of Fernando Alonso in second and Sebastian Vettel in third, with Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel close behind in third. During the competition, these positions were maintained until Massa was given instructions by Ferrari engineer Rob Smedley, who said, "Fernando is faster than you." Can you confirm that you received the message?" Massa took the lead on lap 49 and then went on to win the match. After the pass, Smedley yelled 'Ok mate good lad, stick with him now,' he said.' The event strongly implied that a team order had been sent to Massa to allow Alonso to overtake, and race stewards accepted. Ferrari was fined $100,000 for breaching Sporting Laws, despite team boss Stefano Domenicali's denial, and the matter was referred to the FIA World Motor Sport Council. Massa finished fourth in Hungary and Belgium and third in Italy, placing third in Hungary and Belgium. He qualified last in Singapore due to a gearbox malfunction, but finished eighth, placing eighth in the series. On the first lap of the Japanese Grand Prix, Massa collided with Vitantonio Liuzzi but finished third in Korea. He finished 15th in Brazil and tenth in Abu Dhabi. Massa finished the season ranked sixth in the Drivers' Championships.

Massa has committed to a labor extension through the end of the 2012 season in June.

Massa remained with Scuderia Ferrari in 2011 and was partnered with Fernando Alonso once more. On the 29th of January 2011, he rode his new car, the Ferrari 150o Italia, for the first time.

Massa's season got off to a rocky start in the Australian Grand Prix, which has traditionally been in his bogey competition. Massa was ranked ninth in eighth place, over 0.6 seconds behind teammate Alonso, but Massa was able to get ahead of Alonso and other drivers early in the day and finished in fifth position for a while, much to Jenson Button's dissatisfaction with his faster car but unable to pass him. Massa's order was stumbling toward a ninth-place finish, the seventh since the Saubers of Kamui Kobayashi and Sergio Pérez were disqualified.

Massa's third best result at the Malaysian Grand Prix was a result on the soft Pirelli tyres, which boosted race speed and showed a substantial increase in race speed. Massa got off to a good start in the season, extending his lead over Alonso to his first pit stop. A problem with a tyre change cost him time, but he came in fifth, ahead of Alonso in fifth, after Alonso damaged his front wing against Lewis Hamilton's right-rear tyre. Massa in China increased, at one point looking like a shot at the race win before giving up for sixth because Ferrari's two-stop strategy didn't suit the situation. Despite this, he came in more than fifteen seconds ahead of Alonso and was delighted with his improved race results. After a slow pit stop, he came in 11th in Turkey, and he was forced to leave Spain due to a gearbox failure. Massa in Monaco made contact with Lewis Hamilton at the hairpin on lap 32 and crashed in the tunnel a few corners later. He overtook Kamui Kobayashi right before the chequered flag to finish in sixth place in fifth place at the Canadian Grand Prix on the last lap. In Valencia, Silverstone, three fifth places were followed by a late-race clash with Hamilton, and Sebastian Vettel of Red Bull had a quicker pit stop when they both pitted together on the penultimate lap, losing Massa fourth place. Massa achieved a sixth-place finish in Hungary.

Massa defeated Alonso in Belgium for the second time in 2011; but he dropped from fourth to eighth in the standings. Massa's sixth-place finish at the Italian Grand Prix after being spun round by Webber on lap five. Hamilton made contact with Massa for the third time in 2011, when aiming to defeat him for eighth place in the Singapore Grand Prix. Hamilton punctured Massa's right-rear tyre with his front wing, triggering Hamilton's receiving a drive-through penalty. Hamilton lunged down Massa's insides while attempting to pass on an out-lap, causing Massa to publicly condemn Hamilton. Massa also went to Hamilton in the post-race TV interview area as he was about to begin an interview with RTL Television, patted his arm, and sarcastically said: "Good job, bro." During the race, Massa's engineer Rob Smedley sent a radio message to Massa, saying, "Hold Hamilton as much as we can." We should destroy his race as well as we can. "Boy, boy," Hamilton and Massa collided in Japan's next race, damaging Massa's front wing endplate, but he eventually finished in seventh place. Massa called on Hamilton for the FIA to take action. He crashed in qualifying for the Indian Grand Prix after finishing sixth in the Korean Grand Prix after breaking his suspension on a kerb and then smashing the barriers. For the fifth time this season, he collided with Hamilton on the 24th lap of the Indian Grand Prix for the fifth time this season, this time with Massa being given a drive-through penalty. He resigned later after striking a kerb too hard, the same fate that ended his qualifying session. With two fifth-place finishes in Abu Dhabi and Brazil, he rounded off the year.

Despite his disappointing 2011, Massa stayed with Ferrari for 2012. Massa qualified 16th at the Australian Grand Prix, second behind teammate Alonso for his lowest qualifying result since the 2010 Singapore Grand Prix, and the first time he qualified outside the top ten since the 2010 Japanese Grand Prix. Massa took the first lap in the early stages of the competition, ranking eighth, but later that day, the team suffered from tyre degradation and fell below the order before retiring from the race after a collision with Williams driver Bruno Senna; both drivers later agreed it was a racing accident. Massa qualified 12th and finished 15th in the Malaysian Grand Prix, just 1-minute 37 seconds behind his teammate Fernando Alonso, who won the race. Massa finished 19th in the Championship, with teammate Alonso leading by 35 points. Sergio Pérez of Sauber came in second place, second in the standing, and rumors have linked Pérez to Massa's seat have circulated. Massa had been thirteenth at the Chinese Grand Prix before winning his first points of the season with ninth at the Bahrain Grand Prix. Massa began in Spain and finished fifteenth, while teammate Alonso began and finished second, but he was also commended for avoiding yellow flags. After spinning in the early stages of the competition, he placed sixth in Monaco and tenth in Canada.

Since Kobayashi came back to Valencia after he placed 16th in the run, he came in 16th. Despite Alonso's pole and second position, he had a fantastic weekend in Silverstone, finishing 5th and finishing 4th. Massa took the top of the second lap in Hockenheim, where he collided with Daniel Ricciardo on the first lap and, as a result, cut his own front wing. Massa achieved a ninth-place finish in Hungary. Massa finished fifth in the overall championship after qualifying at 14th in qualifying, earning ten points and advancing to eleventh place in the driver standings, with Michael Schumacher finishing in fourth place. Massa's best qualifying result of the season so far this season came in third place at Monza. After getting passed by Alonso and Pérez in the closing laps, he got off to a good start and ended the season in fourth place. Massa in Suzuka qualified 11th, but the team's 10th anniversary was set to start in 10th due to a gearbox error by Nico Hülkenberg. He got off to a promising start after his colleague Alonso retired at the first corner of the first lap and went on to finish in second place, his first podium appearance since the 2010 Korean Grand Prix. Massa finished 6th in the 2012 Korean Grand Prix, finishing 6th. He stayed in sixth position after the first corner, defeating Räikkönen on the first lap. Lewis Hamilton was also spotted in the laps, giving him his 4th position. Massa had a great deal throughout, with the potential to overtake Alonso and even Webber, but Massa was told to hold station because Alonso is competing for the Drivers' Championship. Massa signed Ferrari's one-year deal on October 16, 2012. Massa is now under contract to compete with Ferrari until the end of 2013. This came as a result of an impressive string of results for the Scuderia. Massa finished 6th and 6th in India, despite having to save fuel and being hounded by Räikkönen the entire race. Massa qualified 9th in Abu Dhabi, but the grid was still on the grid in 8th as a result of Vettel's penalty. When facing Mark Webber, he ran as high as 7th until he spun, but he returned strong and eventually finished seventh, beating him to seventh place. Massa defeated Alonso for the second time this year, qualifying them at the US Grand Prix. But then Ferrari cracked his gearbox seal to move Alonso away from the grid's clean side. Massa defeated Massa to 11th, but he led a tumultuous run to finish 4th. Massa defeated Alonso in the second straight race of the season to start fifth. Massa soared to second place at the start of the season, only to fall to 11th place after making poor strategic decisions due to Interlagos' ever-changing weather conditions. Then, thanks to a safety car, Massa plowed through the field into 2nd, but he had to forfeit to title-chasing teammate Alonso. Massa's second half of the season came to an end.

Massa's season began well with the new F138 at the Australian Grand Prix. He finished fourth, one rank ahead of teammate Alonso. He was able to remain very competitive in the early laps of the championship, but he came in fourth place, two places behind Alonso. Massa began in Malaysia on the front row of the grid, out-qualifying Alonso for the fourth time in a row. Massa had a rough start to his rookie stint on the intermediate tyres, resulting in his retirement from the track, but he recovered places on the slick tyres and finished fifth. For the first time in 5 races, three weeks later, at the Chinese Grand Prix Massa qualified fifth, beaten by his teammates, who qualified third. Massa finished second in the first round of pitstops, but he came a lap behind the other leaders, so he dropped back to fifth place, despite the early start he displayed. Massa qualified 6th in Bahrain, but his teammate, Taylor, progressed to 4th overall, despite penalties for Webber and Hamilton. Massa was the only car in Q3 to qualify on the hard tyres, indicating he was on a different track. The strategy gamble did not pay off in the first round because he did not run as far as he wanted and needed before the first stop. Massa came in 15th place after two punctures in the race. Massa, a Spaniard, received a three-place grid penalty for blocking Mark Webber in qualifying, and the 9th place. He got off to a good start, finishing third in the pitstops and then leapfrogged more cars. He was ranked fifth in the Drivers' Championship for the first time this year.

During 3rd practice on Saturday, Massa was involved in a big crash in Monaco, which also affected St Devote corner. His brakes jammed down the main straight at nearly 180 mph, and he crashed into the barrier on the left hand side of the track. He lost control of the vehicle and bounced off the wall, ending up with a face on crash into the tyre wall ahead. He was unhurt by the accident, but the car was badly damaged and Massa was unable to participate in Qualifying later this day. The crash was initially thought to be due to driver error, according to Ferrari engineers. Massa began the race from the 21st on the grid, slowly making up ground before collapsing into St Devote in a nearly identical accident. Massa was admitted to the hospital in Monte Carlo after the crash but escaped with only minor injuries. Ferrari's second accident prompted them to look further into the suspension issue, not driver error, which was ultimately to blame. Massa also won their 8th place in Canada and 6th in the United Kingdom. He had a good start in Germany, gaining 6th position before crashing out on lap 3 due to gearbox failure. He had trouble with an uncompetitive Ferrari, qualifying 7th and finishing 8th in the Hungarian series.

Massa in Belgium seemed to be heading for his 1st pole position since the 2008 Brazilian Grand Prix, but Ferrari decided against Massa in the garage, one position behind teammate Alonso, who said his time was good enough for pole. Massa came in seventh place in the competition, behind Alonso, who came in second. Massa placed fourth in Ferrari's home race in Italy, just one place behind his teammate. Mark Webber and Sauber's Nico Hülkenberg, who qualified in a thrilling 3rd when the best he had ever seen was 10th in a slow car, he followed him. Hülkenberg was one of the four main protagonists vying for Massa's seat in 2014. Despite Massa's good start, he went for Alonso, who was the race's closest championship competitor, Sebastian Vettel. Massa finished fourth in the pit stop phase after being out longer than Alonso and Webber, but the actor came back to challenge them for a podium, finishing in fourth place.

Massa said on Twitter and Twitter on September 10th that he would be leaving Ferrari at the end of the season. Kimi Räikkönen, Massa's former colleague, was named as his replacement at Ferrari the following day.

Massa will partner Valtteri Bottas for the 2014 season, replacing Pastor Maldonado, on November 11, 2013.

After being hard by Kamui Kobayashi's Caterham, he had an unfortunate start to his Australian campaign. After a team's debacle, being spotted out by the security car in Bahrain, a botched pit stop in China, and a collision with Sergio Pérez in Canada, a string of bad luck continued in Malaysia. However, he claimed his first pole position since the 2008 Brazilian Grand Prix and finished fourth in Austria. However, the next two races in the United Kingdom and Germany resulted in first lap race-ending collisions involving former Ferrari teammate Räikkönen and Kevin Magnussen respectively.

Massa and Bottas were confirmed on September 7, 2014, and Bottas would remain at Williams for 2015. He earned his first podium for Williams on the same day, finishing third in the Italian Grand Prix.

Massa took his second podium for Williams at the Brazilian Grand Prix on November 9, 2014, finishing third behind second placed Lewis Hamilton and winner Nico Rosberg. Massa's competitive season came to an end with a bang at Abu Dhabi's Yas Marina Circuit. Despite qualifying in fourth, one place behind teammate Bottas, he maintained good energy all weekend and finished second in second, despite placing a late but convincing challenge on race leader Hamilton in the final third of the season.

Massa's 2015 season began off well with a fourth-place finish in Australia. Massa had trouble in the upcoming season after a string of good performances in Malaysia and China. He suffered from mechanical problems both on the track in Bahrain and in Canadian qualifying, requiring him to fight from behind each other on both directions, although eventually placing both races in the points.

Massa's first podium of the year, a third-place finish, capitalized on a postponed pitstop for Vettel in Austria. It was his fortieth podium of his career. Massa qualified third for the British Grand Prix, but the event's early stages were good, and the team climbed to first place. However, after being jumped by both Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel during the pit stops, he could only finish fourth.

Massa's race did not start well, as he was given a 5-second stop and go ticket for being outside of the grid's grid lines. Massa finished last in the top, with his colleague right behind him. After a long summer break, the action returned to Belgium, where Williams seemed to be quick. Massa's sixth position in qualifying, which he maintained for the sport, despite tyre issues in the first stint.

Massa finished fifth in the first round of pit stops, but he got off to a good start to finish third before losing a spot to the Mercedes of Nico Rosberg. Massa fought really hard to keep the last podium position after Rosberg's retirement on lap 51. It was his second podium of the year, but it was a very emotional podium in front of the tifosi.

Massa was running in eighth place in Singapore until the first round of pitstops. Massa left the pit lane and collided with Force India's driver Nico Hülkenberg on lap 13, and after a slow pitstop, he collided with Force India's driver Nico Hülkenberg. The stewards investigated the incident. They eventually dropped three places in Hülkenberg's run for the next race. Massa retired on lap 30 after suffering from gearbox issues.

Massa's next race, in Japan, got off to a promising 5th place in between the Ferrari and the Ferrari pair. Massa collided with Daniel Ricciardo and caused a first corner puncture for both drivers, resulting in Massa losing ground in the championship battle for fourth place between himself, Bottas, and Räikkönen.

The Russian Grand Prix was a change in fortune for Massa. Massa was able to cross the finish line in 15th place after a poor qualifying session due to traffic and a last lap collision involving his colleagues Bottas and Räikkönen in a contest for the final podium position, just behind Force India's Sergio Pérez in 3rd.

In the following run, torrential rain fell on Austin, Texas, and Massa qualified ninth. He spun and collided with his former colleague Fernando Alonso before being forced to suspend due to a gearbox damper failure. After 23 years, the Mexican Grand Prix saw its return to the calendar. Massa finished seventh in the class, and he came in sixth place.

Massa's car balance suffered the whole weekend at his home event in Brazil. Despite his setup issues, he qualified and finished eighth place in the championship before being disqualified from the race as the stewards discovered that his right-rear tyre did not meet the maximum allowed temperature prior to the start of the series. Massa qualified in eighth place in Abu Dhabi in the last round of the season. Daniil Kvyat, a late overtake on Red Bull Racing driver Daniil Kvyat, finished his 2015 campaign in eighth position. He finished the season in sixth place in the drivers' standings, winning two podiums in Austria and Italy.

Massa's 2016 season got off to a promising start in qualifying for the first race of the season in Australia; he dominated a tumultuous run to finish fifth, earning ten points. Massa finished seventh in the second round of the season, 0.002 seconds behind his colleagues. Massa got off to a second-round of pit stops, where Williams used a conservative 2-stop tactic to get to second place. Massa finished the race in eighth after being overtaken on the last lap by Red Bull Racing driver Daniil Kvyat.

Massa qualifying in the 2016 Chinese Grand Prix saw Massa qualifying a disappointing eleventh after a red flag barred Massa from running in finals in Q2. Massa's two-stop campaign saw him finish in a respectable sixth place after a long fight with Lewis Hamilton. Massa qualifying in fifth place in Round 4, the Russian Grand Prix, but after Sebastian Vettel of Scuderia Ferrari received a five-place grid penalty for moving his gearbox, he was promoted to fourth. Massa stayed out of danger on the first lap and ended in a tumultuous race to finish in fifth place.

Massa was knocked out in Q1 after losing time with traffic during his first run and then failing to have enough time to run again in round 5 of the season. Massa was knocked out in Q1 for the first time since Russia's 2014 disaster. Massa made strides in the race, finishing eighth after employing an aggressive three-stop plan. Massa's sixth race of the 2016 championship, the Monaco Grand Prix, did not get off to a promising start for him as he crashed at Saint Devote in first practice. He qualified in P14 on Saturday, but Massa finished tenth and one point in a season marked by rain, making him the only driver at this point in the season to have scored points in every race.

Massa's race weekend did not start well for him at the Canadian Grand Prix, as he crashed in the first practice session in turn 1. The DRS did not come to a stop under braking, leaving Massa without a lack of rear downforce under braking, which resulted in the accident. After the crash in free practice one, Massa was forced to run the remainder of the weekend without missing any parts. He qualified in eighth place in the fourth row. Massa had to stop the race due to a water leak that resulted in an overheated engine. Massa failed during the practice sessions but managed to finish sixth in Azerbaijan one week later. He suffered from rear tyre graining and finished in tenth place in the tournament, and he finished in tenth place.

Massa did not get any points in the following four races as a result of bad luck in the majority of his races. Massa in Austria had to begin from the pitlane due to a front wing upgrade after significant damage in qualifying. Massa had risen into the points during the run, despite his pitlane debut, before being forced to retire with high brake temperatures on lap 63. Massa started outside the top ten in the British Grand Prix's second race. As torrential rain fell on the circuit, his race was jeopardized right before the game got off the track. The Williams car did not suit the wet weather, and Massa finished in eleventh, just outside the points. Massa struggled throughout the weekend in Hungary's following race. Massa earned a disappointing eighth place in wet weather qualifying. Massa went to the intermediates as the track began to dry, but aquaplaned at Turn 4 and came to a close, bringing his session to a close. Massa came in eighth place in the eighteenth year. Massa encountered steering rack issues on the way to the grid, with the steering wheel rack being too light on one side and too heavy on the other. The Williams crew battled hard to get it to work before the race. Massa was able to race the car, but the problem was not limited to him.

In Germany, the last race before the summer break was held. Massa qualified in tenth. His race was jeopardized on the first lap by Palmer's Renault, which also affected his car's speed. Since the issue was not identified or resolved during the run, he was forced to leave on lap 36. Massa qualified in tenth in Belgium, as he could only run in Q3 on a single run. Massa's only attempt, he locked up his tyres going to turn 1 and his lap was hampered. He managed to stay out of trouble and climbed to fourth place at the start of the season, but he failed to keep the tyres in good shape and ended in tenth in tenth.

Massa announced on September 1st that he would retire from Formula One at the end of the season.

Massa qualified eleventh for the Italian Grand Prix after announcing his retirement from Formula 1 after 15 years. Massa's last Italian race finished ninth after an exciting start that saw him overtake three cars. The action in Singapore returned after a two-week break. Massa was spotted by yellow flags from Romain Grosjean and Jenson Button in qualifying. He came in P12 but was promoted to P11 after Sergio Pérez was punished for improving his time in Q2 under yellow flag rule. Massa's race began with a failed 3 stop plan, and despite being in the top ten in the majority of the field, he came in in twelfth.

His entire race was jeopardized by a lot of bad luck at the Malaysian Grand Prix. Massa was stuck on the grid as the formation lap began due to a throttle malfunction. The team was able to get the car running to enable him to start from the pitlane. Nonetheless, he came up for a slow puncture and was forced to pit again just a few laps later. Massa was defeated in 19th but in a tight fight, the race took place at 13th place. Williams next in Japan, who saw Massa qualifying in twelfth, decide to go as a team in Q2. Massa started on the medium tyres, losing 2 places at the start, from the Toro Rosso guys. Massa finished ninth in ninth, just behind his teammate after a one-stop plan. In Austin, Mass., he finished ninth in the following series. Massa was off to a promising start in the competition, winning two positions in the first corner and finishing in sixth place. However, due to Max Verstappen's retirement, a virtual security system was used by Carlos Sainz Jr., giving him a leg up on fifth place. Massa and Fernando Alonso, a former champion of Massa's detriment, joined him in the fifth stint of the penultimate lap, resulting in a pitstop. The stewards investigated the incident but no further action was taken. Massa was able to hold track and finish the race in seventh place, ahead of Sergio Pérez. This was the best result for Massa since the Russian Grand Prix.

Massa placed ninth in the next race in Mexico. Massa got off to a good start in the first laps, rising from ninth to sixth in the first laps, and then pitted for the medium tyre on lap 14. He finished ninth in the majority of the competition on the medium tyre, leaving off a chasing Pérez with newer medium tyres and DRS for a large portion of the run.

Massa finished third in Brazil, as the cold weather did not help him. Massa was making good strides in the treacherous conditions until he crashed out of what was supposed to be his last home Grand Prix on lap 47, sparking emotional scenes as he walked back down the pitlane.

After Valtteri Bottas signed with Mercedes, Massa rejoined Williams on January 16th. Massa qualified in seventh and finished sixth in the Australian Grand Prix's first race of the season. He came in sixth in China. He battled with the changing weather to finish in 14th. Massa came in eighth place in Bahrain and finished sixth, placing them in ninth place. He came in sixth in Russia. He suffered two punctures and finished ninth in the race. Massa qualified in ninth place in Spain. He got off to a good start in the race but he lost touch with McLaren driver Fernando Alonso and was forced to miss a puncture. He came out of the points, finishing 13th out of the top. Massa qualified in Monaco only in 15th after being struck by yellow flags issued by Stoffel Vandoorne. He kept out of danger to finish ninth in the race, earning 2 points. Massa College in Montreal ranked 7th in the world of Massa. His race was short lived when he was knocked out by a spinning Carlos Sainz Jr. at turn 3. Massa qualified in 9th behind his colleague Lance Stroll for the first time this season and ahead of eventual race winner Daniel Ricciardo. Massa got off to a good start in the season, avoiding the collision between Kimi Räikkönen and Valtteri Bottas in turn 2. Massa maintained good momentum throughout the series and came up to third position over Sebastian Vettel during the safety car revivals and nearly pulled off a spectacular push on Sebastian Vettel for second place before the race was red-flagged due to major amounts of rubble around the track. Massa's back damper became a factor when the race was revived and she was forced to pull out of the competition on lap 25. Many people believed Massa should have won a competition.

Massa's results in Austria and Britain improved to finish both races in the points, with a 9th and 10th placing finish respectively.

Massa returned to the Belgian Grand Prix in eighth position after missing the Hungarian Grand Prix due to sickness, a feat he then repeated in Italy a week later. Massa finished in 11th place by the time, with poor execution calls in Singapore. With his ninth finish in Malaysia, tenth in Japan, and ninth in the United States Grand Prix, he was expected to come back to the next three races for Massa.

For the second time, he announced on November 4th that he would retire from Formula One at the end of the 2017 season.

He finished 7th after beating Fernando Alonso on the fifth lap for 5th position, but lost out to Daniel Ricciardo and Lewis Hamilton who were racing through the field.

Williams had a difficult year in 2017 as a whole due to a lack of downforce (affecting tyre wear to a degree) from the car in addition to poor wet weather drivability in races such as China, where Massa began 6th but ended outside the points. Williams rolled out a strong vehicle to the midfield teams, such as Force India, but the midseason fell short of the development race.

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