Felipe Massa did not hide the extreme pride he felt for his son Pipo during his debut in the Porsche Cup. The former Formula 1 driver highlighted the young driver’s good performance, emphasizing now that the focus is on evolution on the tracks.
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In Interlagos over the last few days, the competitor, only 16 years old, did well in the Carrera Cup Rookie class. In the double-header, he not only took pole position in the category but also climbed to the top step of the podium in both races.
Now making the jump from karts to cars, Felipe told F1MANIA.NET that he was impressed with his son’s speed, praised the performance in Sunday’s race, and made a point of highlighting the joy over the good results.
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“There’s no way to have a better weekend than this, right. He managed to win both races, today even at the start he fell to second, the leader had about two or three cars in front of him, he managed to recover, came through, passed the leader, and pulled away. So, for me, it was an excellent result,” he said.
“It was with grit today, he drove well, he’s evolving, for sure it’s about working on his evolution now, but he’s very happy and we are even more so for his start,” he concluded.
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