Announced as a big step forward by Ferrari two weekends ago, the Valencia package brought Massa nothing more than an 11th place, despite his improved speed in qualifying. Coming to Silverstone, however, the Brazilian is more confident that his 2010 challenger will finally show some strength, as he looks at this weekend's race as a test for the remainder of the season.
“This weekend should provide a very clear test of how much we have improved, both in pure performance and in terms of where we stand against the teams currently ahead of us,” said Massa in a preview of the British Grand Prix, on Ferrari's official website.
“Of the tracks we have raced at so far this year, Silverstone is most similar to Istanbul, where we had an uncompetitive weekend, so if the F10 works well here, we will know we are on the right road.”
Massa echoed his team principal Stefano Domenicali's comments earlier today, who said that Ferrari need to score a win quickly in order to tackle the summer break with some enthusiasm.
“From Silverstone to Budapest, we now have to tackle three grands prix in four weeks, with further developments coming immediately for Hockenheim and the Hungaroring. Which means these three races will be very important and we will be pushing very hard to try and get ahead of our competitors.”
As far as the new Arena layout of the Silverstone circuit goes, Massa insisted that a few surprises might come up as compared to the previous years.
“I watched the MotoGP race there on television a few weeks ago and my impression is that the new track layout is very different to the old one with some of the new 'slow' corners even slower than before. We will have to learn the handful of new corners on Friday,” said Massa, adding that the data collected in previous years may prove irrelevant going into this weekend's British GP.
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