{"id":19352,"date":"2013-09-22T07:35:32","date_gmt":"2013-09-22T11:35:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/?p=19352"},"modified":"2013-09-22T07:35:32","modified_gmt":"2013-09-22T11:35:32","slug":"alonso-doesnt-need-my-help-for-title-charge-massa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/formula-1\/alonso-doesnt-need-my-help-for-title-charge-massa\/","title":{"rendered":"Alonso doesn’t need my help for title charge – Massa"},"content":{"rendered":"

With Felipe Massa heading for the exit at Ferrari, the big question arose again after qualifying in Singapore — will the Brazilian bother helping Fernando Alonso win the world championship?<\/p>\n

\"Felipe-Massa-car-1\"“Honestly, how can I help him?” Massa, hoping to rescue his career with another team but also open to moving to DTM or taking a sabbatical, is quoted by Russia’s f1news.ru.<\/p>\n

The question arose because Massa, to be replaced at Ferrari by former teammate Kimi Raikkonen next year, has outqualified Fernando Alonso in Singapore.<\/p>\n

And before travelling to the floodlit city-state, Massa told Brazilian television that he would now focus on his own interests rather than serving as Alonso’s number 2.<\/p>\n

He said after qualifying that there’s not much he can do to help Alonso on Sunday.<\/p>\n

“Sebastian (Vettel) is first and I think Fernando needs to pray that his (Red Bull) car has a problem,” said Massa.<\/p>\n

“I will just try to do the best race possible.\u00a0 I want to have a good final seven races.<\/p>\n

“Honestly, I don’t know whether Fernando needs my help.”<\/p>\n

Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo, however, had chided Massa’s original comments about racing only for himself from now on.<\/p>\n

And team boss Stefano Domenicali told Marca newspaper on Saturday: “You’ll see how Massa is going to help Fernando if he can.<\/p>\n

“You’ll see,” he repeated to the Spanish sports newspaper Marca.<\/p>\n

The real problem is not Massa; it is Ferrari’s failure to make up enough ground on Red Bull, despite pushing hard on the development front.<\/p>\n

Singapore, Domenicali said, is the “crossroads”.\u00a0 In other words, the focus will now surely switch completely to 2014.<\/p>\n

“You could not say anything bad about how hard the team has worked on the developments,” Alonso is quoted by Speed Week.<\/p>\n

“The problem is that the other teams are also not sitting in the pool or watching TV between the races.<\/p>\n

“In Hungary, we were the fourth fastest team, and we still are.\u00a0 This is sad, but it’s just the reality,” he added.<\/p>\n

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