By GMM
Ferrari sporting director Luca Baldisserri has admitted to disappointment that the Italian team did not secure a one-two finish in the Turkish grand prix.
Although happy with Felipe Massa's Istanbul win, Baldisserri suggested that he would have liked to have seen the Brazilian driver prevent Lewis Hamilton - on a three-stop strategy - from overtaking him so easily on lap 23.
If Hamilton's progress had been slowed, Baldisserri believes Kimi Raikkonen would have managed to finish second.
"This victory is an excellent outcome, but I am not entirely happy, because if Felipe had kept Hamilton behind him for two laps more then perhaps Kimi would have finished second," the Italian is quoted as saying by RAI.
Twenty-six-year-old Massa, however, insists that Hamilton's light car made the Briton "very strong and I couldn't hold him".
Video replays of the pass show Massa defending the inside line as Hamilton set up his move, but in Ferrari's official post-race release, he is quoted as saying he did not take "too many risks" in his defence.
He said in a news conference: "I saw him on my inside and I thought 'okay, go, and we will see at the next stop how it is going to be'."
photo:WRI2
Ferrari sporting director Luca Baldisserri has admitted to disappointment that the Italian team did not secure a one-two finish in the Turkish grand prix.
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If Hamilton's progress had been slowed, Baldisserri believes Kimi Raikkonen would have managed to finish second.
"This victory is an excellent outcome, but I am not entirely happy, because if Felipe had kept Hamilton behind him for two laps more then perhaps Kimi would have finished second," the Italian is quoted as saying by RAI.
Twenty-six-year-old Massa, however, insists that Hamilton's light car made the Briton "very strong and I couldn't hold him".
Video replays of the pass show Massa defending the inside line as Hamilton set up his move, but in Ferrari's official post-race release, he is quoted as saying he did not take "too many risks" in his defence.
He said in a news conference: "I saw him on my inside and I thought 'okay, go, and we will see at the next stop how it is going to be'."
photo:WRI2