<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Orrmate @ May 13 2007, 11:26 PM)
<{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>One thing thats really starting to piss me off this year, is these people who refuse to give Massa credit for the great job hes doing. It's mainly the Raikkonen cheerleaders, but there are quite a few others doing it too. I visit many F1 forums, and on one of them there is a thread comparing Massa to, of all people, Eddie Irvine. I think he deserves a lot more credit than that.
I don't normally outright support a driver, but I'm edging towards Felipe. I believe he can be a World Champion, and I hope he does. I guess I like supporting the underdog with heart and a passion for what he does, than the overpaid fan favourite who doesn't seem to give a fck either way.
Massa could easily be winning the world championship had he not had bad luck at Australia and made a stupid mistake at Malaysia. At the moment he looks to be easily a match for Kimi.
Comparing him to Eddie Irvine is ridiculous. Eddie did nothing in the ferrari until Schumi broke his leg and even then with ferraris full support and Schumi letting him win a couple of races he couldnt beat Mika.
Massa could easily be world champion this year, but then so could Kimi or Alonso or Lewis. It is an interesting title fight we have this year!