Saturday, June 30, 2012

BBR F2008 Felipe Massa Winner Bahrain GP 2008

BBR BBRC05 1:43 2008 Ferrari F2008 Bahrain GP Winner Felipe Massa


In 2008, Felipe Massa had a terrible start to the season. In the first race, he retired due to engine failure. Next race, he spun off the track trying to overtake Raikkonen eventually giving up P2 to retire from the race. But things quickly turned his way during the Bahrain Grand Prix. Although Kubica beat him for pole position, he was able to take the lead after the first corner of the first lap and eventually won the race.




This race gave us a glance of how this season will form for Massa. He was in contention for the driver's championship until the last lap of the last race. He unfortunately lost to Hamilton by just 1 point. For a couple of laps though, he and the entire Ferrari team felt they were champions. Nevertheless, it was a strong season for Felipe having won 6 races, getting pole position 6 times, having 3 fastest laps and placing 2nd overall. 






This is one of the two F2008 BBR models that I have. The other one is the EX16 Constructor's Championship presentation. Still looking for a standard BBR edition of F2008 with the "shark fin" design.





With Massa struggling this season, is this the last time he will drive for Ferrari? Rumors are, Ferrari management are already in discussion with potential replacements. Hamilton, Webber, Vettel, Perez, Di Resta, even Schumacher were rumored to potentially drive alongside Alonso. But soon enough, we will know which rumor is true and which were really just rumors. 

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