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F1: I’m Here To Win - Massa
Felipe Massa is trying to put the events of Hockenheim behind him...
Adam Cooper  | http://www.speedtv.com  |  Posted July 29, 2010   Budapest (HUN)
Felipe Massa is focused on winning in Hungary. (Photo: LAT Photographic)
Felipe Massa says he is stronger after the Hockenheim experience and insists that he’s fighting for race wins.

Inevitably the Brazilian underwent a grilling about the German race when he met the media in Budapest on Thursday, although he declined to go into too many details about what transpired.

“Well, we know that sometimes you have a difficult time,” he said. “But anyway, you always learn and we always need to think forward and always need to be stronger and stronger all the time in your career, in your life, and what I can say is I am very strong and looking forward to the victory.

“I’ve spoken to everybody inside the team. As I said, I’m not here really just to race; I’m here to win. That’s really my point. As long as I am in the condition to win, we need to go to the end, to fight for victory. As long as the condition is different, then I definitely want the best for the team. I work for the team, I’m professional and I think everybody needs to understand my point.”

Pressed on team order situations in the past, Massa made it clear that he did not compare Hockenheim with the times when he and Kimi Raikkonen swapped places when a title was at stake.

“Well, I think you remember very well what has happened in the past, no?" Massa said. "In 2007. You remember very well what happened in 2008, no? So I don’t think you really have to go through all the points. For sure, if the team really has the chance to win the championship, I want the best for the team.”
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Massa denied suggestions in Brazil that he had somehow betrayed his country by giving up the win.

“For sure not. I will always do everything I can for my country. For me, my country is the most important thing," he said. "For sure, I have already proved many times in my life many things I did in my life, in my career, what I’m able to do for my country, and as I said, definitely whoever is thinking like that is completely wrong. I’m doing everything I can, I will always do everything I can for my country, which is the most important thing for me, because it’s my home.”

Meanwhile, Massa said he didn’t expect any bad memories of his accident to have an impact on his weekend.

“For sure not. It’s really nothing to do with my way of working," he said. "To be honest, I don’t remember a single thing from the accident. I don’t remember the corner. I saw it many times, but I don’t remember anything, so when you close the visor, you don’t think about these things, you just think about doing your best and working and achieving the maximum you can. So for sure, nothing of this thing has happened and I’m pretty sure that Rubens (Barrichello) has a very, very strong spring on his car now.”

Adam Cooper notched up his 25th season as a racing journalist in 2009. Born in London, England, he saw his first F1 race at age 10 in 1976. He began freelancing for Autosport magazine in 1985 and was on the fulltime staff from 1987-92. He then went freelance again, initially spending two years in Japan before following the 1994 Champcar series from a base in Indianapolis. He has not missed a Grand Prix since Suzuka ‘94, a run that has extended to Abu Dhabi ’09. Adam has written books about Eddie Irvine, Piers Courage and Michael Schumacher and hosts a race preview show on Sirius XM. He has written about F1 for SPEEDtv.com since 2005. Check out Adam's Blog or follow him on Twitter

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