Felipe Massa is confident of turning his season around in Formula E
Former F1 star only scored his first set of points in the fourth race of the season in Mexico after achieving finishing in eighth last time out
FELIPE MASSA trusts himself to be a success in Formula E despite his highest finish so far only being eighth.
The former F1 star’s best finish last time out in Mexico City saw him score his first set points since joining the all-electric series.
But the Brazilian has never doubted himself despite struggling on his return to racing.
Massa, 37, said: “To be honest, I was never slow.
“I believe I can be quick, I believe I can be competitive.
“Unfortunately things happens, in the first two races we had technical problems – we were completely away.
“The last race another car pushed me in the wall.
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"And this race we were doing things in the right way and we had a human mistake.
“I know I can be quick, I know I am can be consistent, I was always quick in my career.
“I am learning for sure, and I am getting better but I’m sure I’m going to be quick.
“The car is definitely growing.
“What we did from the second race to the fourth was positive, so in Mexico we were competitive.”
Massa started third on the grid in the Mexico E-Prix but lost places on the first turn and put this down to a late breaking from Nissan’s Oliver Rowland.
The former Ferrari driver says the Brit could have ended his and the eventual winner Lucas Di Grassi’s race.
Massa said: “Corner one, Rowland…
“To be honest everything went okay for him, but the breaking he had, he could have really destroyed the race of Di Grassi and my race as well.
“I moved to the left to avoid the contact and I lost a position because of that.
“Then Di Grassi pushed me to the left and then I waited and lost another position.
“So that was the problem at the start.”
He added: “I heard the noise of his [Rowland's] breaking, and I thought I need to break and wait because something might happen.”
This not the first time Massa has clashed with another driver after his Brazilian rival Nelson Piquet Jnr labelled him a “f***ing amateur” in Marrakesh.
Piquet Jnr launched a tirade of words towards his fellow countryman after Massa got in his way during in a practice session.
Massa also blasted another rival Maxmilian Gunther and called him a Formula 3 driver after the German cut a chicane on the opening lap in Chile.