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    Massa to use new engine and gear box as being last means no penalty for a 9th engine

    http://www.autoweek.com/article/20100925/F1/100929907

    Ferrari Formula One driver Felipe Massa will start Sunday’s Singapore Grand Prix from last on the grid after suffering a gearbox problem at the start of qualifying. The good news for Massa is that since he is at the back of the grid, Ferrari will take the opportunity to change his car's engine and gearbox.

    Massa stopped on track during qualifying on Saturday before he set a time, causing a red flag. Inevitably he tumbled down to last place. The engine change means Ferrari has now exceeded the maximum eight engines per year on Massa's car, which normally carries a 10-place grid penalty for the race--in this case, Singapore--where a team introduces a new engine beyond the eight allocated at the beginning of the year. However, since Massa can't drop any lower than last place anyway, the installation of his ninth engine in 2010 will carry no penalty.

    Massa knows, however, that he faces a big challenge on Sunday.

    “We know how it is to overtake in the streets, which is very difficult,” said the Brazilian. “We are a little bit like in Monaco, you have short straights. But anyway many things happen during the race, to have the possibility to pass people, to have the possibility to have a good strategy, so we wait and see how it’s going to be tomorrow. Definitely starting completely last at this kind of track is really bad.

    “It could have been a good qualifying for both cars. It’s a shame because it was on the first lap everything happened. So it’s really not a great qualifying, and also it’s the second time that we are not lucky on this track, for many different reasons.”

    In Monaco, Massa’s teammate Fernando Alonso started from the pit lane, changed tires on the first lap and was able to recover to sixth.

    Asked if such a strategy could work in Singapore, Massa said, “For sure here is a place that you use a little bit more the tires than in Monaco, so we need to think about it.”
    A ray of sunshine at least on a bleak day for Massa. That fresh brand new engine with all the modifications which were allowed earlier in the year to prevent over heating, will come in pretty useful these last few races.
    With a safety car he could score some good points tomorrow, as long as the safety car does not do to Alonso what it did to Massa two years ago.

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    Very clever idea from Ferrari.

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    they'd be mad not to really. It's a no brainer

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    Pretty much what I thought would happen when Massa didn't make it through the qualifying.

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    He was on a new engine?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tifoso View Post
    He was on a new engine?
    Yep Tifoso
    Massa had new everything- gearbox and engine.........
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    Lou

    Tad disappointing, that.

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    can we use the team mates engine? Is ferrar allocated a certain number of engines or are they driver specific? so alonso can't steal massa relatively new fresh engine?

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    Quote Originally Posted by voiko View Post
    can we use the team mates engine? Is ferrar allocated a certain number of engines or are they driver specific? so alonso can't steal massa relatively new fresh engine?
    Engines are driver specific mate.
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    as well as to their respective successors... having said that, there could be a potential loophole...

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    Quote Originally Posted by impactX View Post
    as well as to their respective successors... having said that, there could be a potential loophole...
    Yeah, Fernando replaces Felipe and Felipe replaces Fernando for the rest of this season

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    Quote Originally Posted by NJB13 View Post
    Yeah, Fernando replaces Felipe and Felipe replaces Fernando for the rest of this season
    No thats smart. Can that happen?
    4 down, 3 to go! Forza Sebastian!

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    Quote Originally Posted by NJB13 View Post
    Yeah, Fernando replaces Felipe and Felipe replaces Fernando for the rest of this season
    Quote Originally Posted by scuderia_nano View Post
    No thats smart. Can that happen?
    Nope, but, it would be so great to give the story some air, just to listen to the howls from the usual suspects, I can always do with a good laugh. I can almost see the veins popping on Lawrence's forehead as he's frothing at the bit to get an indignant story out on "spit puss.com"

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