(GMM) Brazilian driver Felipe Massa scotched a claim that the new Sauber C24 is fundamentally flawed.
The concern arose following a dismal recent run for the little Hinwil-based team, and Peter Sauber's uneasy appraisal, at Circuit de Catalunya.
But 24-year-old Massa, fastest of all in a big Jerez test starting Tuesday, told Autosport: ''I'd be worried if we'd also run badly in Valencia too.
''A bad car is bad anywhere -- we just couldn't find a good enough setup (at Barcelona).''
Some doomsayers, though, couldn't help noticing French-Canadian teammate Jacques Villeneuve, at Jerez, dead last in the Spanish field of 17.
The former champion said: ''It didn't matter about lap time -- I kept changing (the setup).''
Written: Wed, 09 Feb 2005 13:24:53
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