Presentations, Massa: “Schumacher always saw the glass as half empty” | FormulaPassion.it

“Mamma Mia”. “I like this”. “Me too”. The Ferrari F1-75 impressed Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz. “I’m in love”wrote the Monegasque on Instagrama phrase / post that can also be declassified as mere marketing or protocol, were it not for the fact that in the video published by the Maranello Scuderia, Leclerc’s dreamy gaze and Sainz’s open mouth testify to true infatuation.

The first aesthetic impact with the new season’s car is not always positive. For example, Felipe Massa said that the presentation of the Ferrari F60 protagonist of the 2009 championship certainly did not remove the veils from an aesthetically pleasing car. The verdeoro driver in his long militancy in Ferrari from 2006 to 2013 shared the presentations of the new cars with Michael Schumacher, Kimi Raikkonen and Fernando Alonso. Massa summed up the typical behavior of the three world champions at the beginning of the competitive season: “Michael always saw the glass as half empty and this pushed the team to seek perfection – Massa’s words in an interview with La Gazzetta dello Sport – Kimi was difficult to understand what he thought, sometimes he even forgot to say hello. Fernando was direct, if there was something he didn’t like he would do everything to make it change ”.

Mattia Binotto in his very long militancy in Ferrari which has now led him to fill the role of team principal, he has worked with all the aforementioned drivers. Felipe Massa has confidence in the work of the head of Sports Management and also in Laurent Mekies, a valuable acquisition for Ferrari according to the vice-champion of the world in 2007: “Mattia has always spoken in depth with the riders. He also continues to ask me for my opinion on the occasions we meet. Besides, he now has an excellent sidekick in Laurent Mekies. He is a great professional and a serious worker ”.