No repeat of the Malaysian Grand PrixFelipe Massa has vowed not to give Lewis Hamilton any room ahead of Sunday's Bahrain Grand Prix.
Massa, who piped Hamilton to pole by three-tenths of a second in Saturday's qualifying session, was a disappointing fifth despite
claiming pole for the race in Malaysia last Sunday.
The Brazilian was overtaken by Hamilton at the start and then made a mistake when trying to re-take the position. However Massa revealed he is ready for the challenge that the young Briton will pose for him on Hamilton's first start on the front row.
"I think he made a good start but we also gave him space, so this time we know what he can do - so we won't give him the space any more," said Massa after qualifying.
"Last Sunday was not an easy day for us,
McLaren showed incredible pace in the race, we did not show our pace as we were always blocked by other cars, our pace was better than we showed although it was difficult, and McLaren were very, very strong."
"Today we were competitive on old tyres so I hope we can show a much better pace tomorrow than we had in Malaysia."
Source AFP
