Enter the Spoilers
Felipe Massa may have dominated in Bahrain, but only after Robert Kubica's BMW gave him a fright in qualifying. Richard Barnes ponders whether the race in the desert was a sign of things to come
The thunderstruck look on Felipe Massa's face after Saturday's qualifying session said it all. The weekend's Bahrain Grand Prix had rightly been touted as Massa's prime opportunity to overcome the disappointments of Australia and Malaysia, and finally launch himself into the 2008 championship hunt.
True to expectations, Massa had looked the part during almost every session leading up the final qualifying. With Ferrari losing nothing of their advantage from Malaysia, and on possibly his favourite circuit, the Brazilian seemed a class apart from his challengers.
Share Or Save This Story
No Man's Land
On the Edge
Driven to redemption
Reverting to Instinct
A Night Lottery
A Distinct Possibility
An Unwelcome Intrusion
Two Thirds
Skoda reveals Rally2-inspired EV race concept
FIA prize-giving in Rwanda set to go ahead despite Marburg virus outbreak
Williams to “compromise” next season ahead of 2026 rules overhaul
Top five roles on Motorsport Jobs this week
When a generation of drivers learned skills for life from an atypical academy scheme
The enduring power of Prodrive at 40
Inside the archive that keeps motorsport’s most closely-guarded secrets
The choppy waters McLaren has navigated behind the scenes of its F1 success
Subscribe and access Autosport.com with your ad-blocker.
From Formula 1 to MotoGP we report straight from the paddock because we love our sport, just like you. In order to keep delivering our expert journalism, our website uses advertising. Still, we want to give you the opportunity to enjoy an ad-free and tracker-free website and to continue using your adblocker.
