Turn 8 anti-cut kerbing too high, claims Massa
Felipe Massa says the anti-cut device in place at Turn 8 is too high in its design, with the Ferrari driver crashing out of qualifying after making contact with the kerbing. The Brazilian ultimately had to settle for sixth place on tomorrow afternoons grid, three places behind team-mate Fernando Alonso.
"What happened on my last timed lap was a real shame," said Massa. "Today, we had the potential to secure a good placing, as Fernando demonstrated and as can also be seen from the fact my sixth best time was set with a rather slow third sector.
"I came into Turn 8 and went over the kerb and the front right suspension gave way in the impact with the raised orange part, which in my opinion is too high at this point. Its a very fast corner, taken at around 215 km/h (133 mph) and it could be arranged differently.
"These are details that need improving for next year. I repeat, I am disappointed, because the car has been going well all weekend long. Now I find myself with one less set of Softs and with a broken front wing.
"It was the new one, which we had here for the first time and it delivered a bit extra in terms of performance. Tomorrow, overtaking will be difficult because of the dirt on track, but I think we will still see a lot."
