Massa: Much Better Season

KUALA LUMPUR - Formula One 2013 race season has started with a series opener at the Australian Grand Prix last week. Ferrari's Felipe Massa was judged that the time he started the race a lot better than last season.

In the race that took place at Albert Park on Sunday (03/17/2013), Massa finished fourth. Meanwhile, teammate Fernando Alonso achieved better results by finishing in second place.

In qualifying, Massa actually managed to get a better starting position than Alonso, but the error strategy makes everything changed. However, Massa was pleased and assess performance 10 times better than last season.

"The way I start the season can not be compared to the current season. I feel much better with the car," said Massa, as quoted by Autosport.

"I feel like driving a car in an automatic way. I feel much more comfortable and more relaxed. I think the situation is much better because it is very positive," he continued.

Brazilian driver was also reluctant to compare the car to have Red Bull in the series opener to penguasi on the front lines in the qualification round. Massa even more attention to the cars behind him.

"I do not compare with the car in front, Red Bull for example, I compared the cars behind like Force India and Williams. We started the race behind them a few years ago, now our differences, and the teams were during qualifying (in Australia ) little good, "said Massa.

"It shows that we do step forward compared to last year. Red Bull has stepped nice, but all this shows that we have prepared this car is very good," he concluded.