Massa maintained defence to keep Vettel behind

Williams took full advantage of a mistake by Ferrari to claim their second podium in a row in Austria.

With a good qualifying in forth for Felipe Massa, he maintained that place at the start behind the Mercedes and Ferrari of Vettel. Although keeping pace to the Ferrari, the Williams wasn’t in a position to challenge for the position until the pitstops, where Ferrari had a problem with the rear right, losing ten seconds in the process.

Although it was a valiant effort by Vettel to close the gap by the end of the race, it wasn’t enough with some great defensive driving by Felipe while making his way through the back markers.

Talking in the press conference at the end of the race, Felipe commented, “Well, I think he got very close with maybe ten laps to go. I thought it could have been possible.

“We know that Ferrari manage the tyres very well, especially at the end of the race. We did maybe 40 laps, maybe more with these tyres so I expected him to be strong at the end of the race and he was.

“But you never know, I had to defend myself so I think when you are defending, you don’t know what’s going to happen so you just need to try and do your best and not make any mistakes.

“I think that was the only point that I had in mind, so I tried not to make any mistakes and if he was going overtake me because he managed to get the right line or pass me, you don’t know, but I was trying and we managed to make this happen.”

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