But Brazilian expects another strong race for Red Bull
Monday 22 July 2013 14:19, UK
Felipe Massa is optimistic that the sweltering conditions forecast for this weekend's Hungarian Grand Prix will boost Ferrari's hopes of a strong showing, even if he admits the track has traditionally suited Red Bull.
Massa, who has targeted improved consistency in his own form after a wretched recent run of results, admits that perennial rivals Red Bull will likely pose the biggest challenge this weekend, with the Brazilian also suspecting the woes that single-lap kings Mercedes again experienced in Germany may continue. Asked if Mercedes could also be a big threat this weekend, the Brazilian replied: "In the qualifying, yes. In the race maybe a bit less. "You always look at Red Bull as the more complete car talking about qualifying and talking about the race. Mercedes is normally the quickest car in the qualifying and they normally struggle a little bit more in the race. Maybe even now that we cannot swap tyres anymore they struggle even more. "Anyway, we just need to concentrate on ourselves and try to make our car as quick as possible. In the qualifying [we need to] maybe [be] a little bit more quicker and also [stay] in the good level we always show in the race."
