03 Felipe Massa

Felipe Massa (born April 25, 1981 in São Paulo) is a Brazilian Formula One racing driver. He finished second in the 2008 Drivers’ World Championship, and is under contract to race for Scuderia Ferrari until the end of the 2010 season.

Massa, a Brazilian whose grandfather came to Brazil from the city of Cerignola, Italy, began karting when he was 8 years old, finishing fourth in his first season. He continued in national and international championships for 7 years, and in 1998 he moved into Formula Chevrolet, finishing the Brazilian championship in fifth. In the next season, he won 3 of the 10 races and took the championship.

In 2000, he moved to Europe to compete in the Italian Formula Renault series, winning both the Italian and the European Formula Renault championship in the same year. Whilst having the opportunity to move into Formula 3, he opted instead for the Formula 3000 Euro-Series, and was dominant, winning 6 of the 8 races to take the championship. He was offered an F1 test with the Sauber team, who promptly signed him for 2002. In the meantime he drove for Alfa Romeo in the European Touring Car Championship as a guest driver.

Career summary

Season	Series	Team Name	Races	Poles	Wins	Points	Final Placing
1998	Formula Chevrolet Brazil	?	?	?	?	?	5th
1999	Formula Chevrolet Brazil	?	10	?	3	?	1st
2000	F. Renault 2000 Eurocup	Cram Competition	9	?	3	140	1st
2000	F. Renault 2000 Italy	Cram Competition	8	4	4	147	1st
2001	Euro Formula 3000	Draco Junior Team	8	6	6	60	1st
2001	European Supertouring	Team Nordauto	4	0	0	71	23rd
2002	Formula One	Sauber	16	0	0	4	13th
2003	Formula One	Ferrari	Test driver
2004	Formula One	Sauber	18	0	0	12	12th
2005	Formula One	Sauber	19	0	0	11	13th
2006	Formula One	Ferrari	18	3	2	80	3rd
2007	Formula One	Ferrari	17	6	3	94	4th
2008	Formula One	Ferrari	18	6	6	97