Formula 1 British GP: Felipe Massa vs Robert Kubica -by jenspm

First things first; Robert Kubica starts as number 6 on the grid, Massa as number 7.

Personally, I rate Robert Kubica as the best racer in Formula 1, sadly in a slower car than his competitors. He’s rock solid and rarely makes mistakes, is near impossible to pass and he actually kind of reminds me of Schumacher in his prime, though, of course, at a lower level.

Massa, sadly, seems to have lost all his confidence. Recently he’s been mostly seen in the middle of the pack with no traffic just cruising around, and if I’m honest, he just doesn’t seem motivated to me. Doesn’t seem to enjoy life in the shadow of Fernando.

Now, stats. Kubica’s finishes so far, Q3 result in brackets;

Bahrain: 11 (9)
Australia: 2 (9)
Malaysia: 4 (6)
China: 5 (8)
Spain: 8 (7)
Monaco: 3 (2)
Turkey: 6 (7)
Canada: 7 (8)
Valencia: 5 (6)

So, he’s held his Q3 position or better in 6/9 races, and that lost place after quallifying as number 2 in Monaco is not a bad showing.

As for Massa;

Bahrain: 2 (2)
Australia: 3 (5)
Malaysia: 7 (21)
China: 9 (7)
Spain: 6 (9)
Monaco: 4 (4)
Turkey: 7 (8)
Canada: 15 (7)
Valencia: 11 (5)

Finished better than his Q3 in 4/9 races. Kubica has started ahead of Massa 4 times, and beaten him in three of those occasions. Kubica was one place behind Massa in China, Canada and Valencia, but beat him all three times. I think Massa is wrongly favourited by Sportingbet here – Kubica should win this imo.