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Birth date : 25 April 1981
Birthplace : Sao Paulo
Marital status : Single
Height : 166 cm
Weight : 59 kg

(After Interlagos)
Wins : 0
Points scored : 16
Number of GP : 34
Pole Position : 0
Podiums : 0
First GP : 2002 (Melbourne)



Best result : 4
2004 championship position : 12
Current championship position (2005) : --
Team : SAUBER





Peter Sauber is well known for his talent spotting abilities and at the end
of the 2000 season he brought young Finn Kimi Raikkonen in to test out his F1
car. From there he quickly signed the youngster up to drive for him in the
2001 season and the rest is history. With Raikkonen opting to go to McLaren
for the new season and leave behind the man that made him a star, Peter
Sauber was forced to look elsewhere for his second driver and once again an
up and rising young driver will get his chance.

Felipe Massa, born on the 25th of April 1982 in Sao Paulo Brazil, will be
just 19 years old when he takes to the Albert Park circuit next March to make
his debut in the pinnacle of Motorsports. Felipe spent many years in the
Karting series, staring back in 1990 when he finished fourth in the Sao Paolo
Micro-Kart cat. Sixth the following year and third in '93, he continued in
the series until 1998 when he made his debut in Formula Chevrolet with a
fifth place finish in the Brazilian championship only to clinch the title the
following season.

In 2000 he took victory in the Formula Renault Italian Series Championship
followed the following year with yet another title to his name in the Formula
Renault European Series Championship. 2001 saw yet another highlight in his
career when he won the European F3000 championship with one race remaining.

Everybody was saying good things about him, beginning with Peter Sauber, who
was convinced by his first fast laps at the end of season Mugello tests and
signed the youngster up to the team for the 2002 season.

His debut season saw a plenty of pace from Massa, but this was also
punctuated with a wild streak that saw him spend plenty of time in gravel
traps. Massa secured a season best placing of fifth in Spain, albeit it
behind team-mate Nick Heidfeld as well as two other sixth positions. It was
not enough to keep the Brazilian in Formula One, but after spending one
season as a test driver for Ferrari in 2003, Felipe returned to Sauber in
2004.

Having rid himself of some of his rougher edges testing with Ferrari, Massa
was keen to show he fully deserved to be in Formula One full time on his
return. Massa scored points on five occasions and classifying himself 12th in
the drivers' championship but could not quite match the pace of team-mate
Giancarlo Fisichella over the season as a whole. The highlight of Massa's
season was not his solid fourth position at Spa Francorchamps, but leading
one lap of his home Grand Prix at Interlagos, the final race of the season.

For 2005, Massa remains with Sauber for what will be his third full season of
Formula One. No longer a Rookie driver, Massa faces the task of beating new
team-mate and former Champion Jacques Villeneuve and armed with what many
expect to be a very competitive package, Massa and Sauber hope to spring a
surprise in 2005.


90/97   Karting, Brazil
1998   F. Chevrolet, Brazil
1999   F. Chevrolet, Brazil, 1°
2000   F. Renault, Italia & Europe, 1°
2001   Euro 3000, 1°
2002   F1 (Sauber), 13°, 4 points
2003   F1 (Ferrari), test driver
2004   F1 (Sauber), 12°, 12 points