Williams driver Felipe Massa says he is now looking forward to this weekend’s Japanese Grand Prix after enduring a difficult weekend in Singapore.
The Brazilian was forced to retire from the race at the Singapore Grand Prix due to a gearbox problem. Before that, he had been running in eighth place before he made his first pit-stop.
When coming out of the pits, Massa collided with Hulkenberg who was unaware of the Brazilian’s car. The Force India driver retired from the race while Massa was forced to pit again due to a puncture.
“It was a very unlucky race for me. My problems started with the collision I had with Hulkenberg after my first stop. I was braking for the corner and he turned his car in on mine, leaving me with nowhere to go, so we hit. This caused a slow puncture on my front-right tyre and the extra pitstop put me back many positions.
Massa added the gearbox problem temporarily fixed itself but eventually forced him to retire. The 34-year old will be hoping for a better race in Suzuka.
“I then had a gearbox problem. I was changing gears from 2nd to 3rd and was getting neutral. It seemed to resolve itself but it happened again and I had to retire the car. It was one of those races where things just weren’t going my way. We need to concentrate on recovering some of our lost points at the next race.”
