Felipe Massa and Timo Glock will again be protagonists at Interlagos fourteen years after the Formula 1 Brazilian Grand Prix that handed Lewis Hamilton the first of his seven world titles. The two, this time, will be part of the opening race of the 2022 season of the Brazilian Stock Car Championship, where they will alternate at the wheel of a Chevrolet Cruze.
Back in the limelight last autumn, when Glock interviewed Massa for Sky Deutschland, the two talked at length about what happened in the last stages of the 2008 Brazilian GP, with the famous overtaking of Hamilton against the then Toyota driver who , on dry tires worn in wet track conditions, he was unable to control his car as best he could, letting a Lewis put on him who had nothing to lose in those hectic stages.
Podium: Felipe Massa, Ferrari
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“I never had anything against Timo, I never thought he did anything intentional against me in that situation: anyone who knows a minimum of motorsport knows that he could not have done anything different”, Massa admitted. silence any rumors of a conspiracy or Glock’s right-footed shot at him.
“The idea of competing with Timo came to me after the interview he gave me at Interlagos last year,” says Massa. “I shared everything with my sponsors, who accepted. I think it is clear to everyone that we are both looking for a valid result at Interlagos: I am already in contact with him and we are sharing all possible information in this regard”.
“I am very happy to be able to partner with Felipe for the double race at Interlagos. It will certainly be an intense and exciting weekend”, comments Timo Glock, who now plays the role of commentator for Sky Deutschland.
“I actively follow the Stock Car championship. You can clearly see how difficult those cars are to drive, but Felipe has already sent me some camera cars to give me a first smattering of how they drive. It will all be great fun, because the championship has so many names. high-sounding among the starters. I hope to be among the fastest “, continues Glock.
A beautiful story, one of those that more than a thousand words can definitively silence stupid inferences and suspicions that have little or nothing to do with motorsport.
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