F1 2009

[Berto Carvalho]

Massa echoes Alonso's Brawn worries

Felipe Massa is the latest is a long list of people to feel that the recent pace demonstrated by the new Brawn GP team is genuine; the ex-Honda squad stunned onlookers in Barcelona this week by setting the fastest times on the last two days, with Button and Barrichello racking up 443 laps and over 2,000 kilometres between them.

The Ferrari driver was in doubt when asked if he would be able to match his compatriot's best time from Thursday of 1.18.926: "I don't think anybody could. Many people were running on low fuel as well, not just them. I think their lap time is just much quicker than what anybody else can do."

The Brazilian's feelings shadow those of Renault's Fernando Alonso, as most of the grid appears to share the feeling that the Brackley-based team, despite their enormous lack of running over the winter, is ahead of many of their rivals. "I believe they did those laps in Barcelona with ballast onboard," Massa continued. "There's no point coming here to be quick to then go to the first race and being slow; I would say that, even if they do have no ballast on the car in testing but put it on for Australia, they would be quick anyway. They are really surprising. What I can say for us (Ferrari) is that, if you took Brawn away, we are very competitive.

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