Massa: Life's harder without electronic aids
Wednesday 26th March 2008
Felipe Massa is refusing to blame the ban electronic driver aids for his poor start to the season.
The Ferrari driver started the Malaysian Grand Prix on pole, but spun off the track after clipping the kerb. He also failed to finish the season opener in Australia.
Massa concedes that driving without electronic drivers aids is making "life harder", but dismissed speculation that that is the reason why he is yet to finish a race.
"While we have all had to get used to driving without electronic aids since the end of last season, as you will have seen in the two races so far, it does seem to have provoked more incidents, spins and off-track excursions," he wrote on his Ferrari blog.
"It has made life harder than before. Being all the time on the limit at a consistent pace and staying on the racing line makes life more tricky, but I don't think that was the reason I went off the track last Sunday.
"I had a mechanical problem in the first race in Australia and then in Malaysia I had different problems not linked to the traction control. The cars definitely have a different feel to them, but I feel comfortable driving without the electronics and have no problem with it.
"The only real problem will come in conditions when you have less grip, but not in situations like we have experienced so far."
The Brazilian is confident he will soon be back to winning ways.
There are still sixteen races and a hundred and sixty points up for grabs. In the next few races I plan to get back all the possible points I have lost in the two opening rounds of this season."
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