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Felipe Massa could end up battling with Fernando Alonso during the Singapore Grand Prix (Ferrari)
It’s the one battle we’ve hardly seen at all in the past few seasons – the battle of the Ferrari drivers. Alonso has generally been dominant enough early in each of his Ferrari seasons that Massa has ended up helping him attempt to win the title each time. But this season is different. Massa is no longer fighting for his place at Ferrari and therefore has no interest in helping Alonso.
For the Singapore Grand Prix, Massa is ahead of Alonso on the grid. Massa will start sixth, with Alonso just behind in seventh. And that makes it a straight fight for Ferrari supremacy around the streets of Singapore. If Massa makes a better start than Alonso, then Alonso will have to fight to get past. And vice versa, of course.
Massa will be very determined to beat Alonso in Singapore. He’s fighting for his place in Formula One and has everything to prove. His performance in tomorrow’s race could directly influence the team bosses on the pit wall as they consider whether or not to employ him in 2014. So we can expect to see the quick and aggressive Massa who almost won the title back in 2008.
For Alonso’s part, he absolutely has to beat Sebastian Vettel in order to keep his title hopes alive. Based on the relative pace of the Red Bull and Ferrari so far this weekend, that’s not going to happen. But Alonso is not known for giving up. He will fight tooth and nail to move his way through the field. It’s just how he races.
So each has incentive to beat the other, which could mean we are in for an epic battle between two of the most experienced men currently in Formula One. All we can hope for is a clean start so that they end up close to each other during the race.
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