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Smedley: Massa holding off Alonso ‘a fitting end’

 XPB Images Rob Smedley says Felipe Massa holding off former Ferrari team-mate Fernando Alonso “was a fitting end to his career”. Massa’s final race in F1 ended with the Brazilian finishing ninth, one place ahead of Alonso’s McLaren. The pair used to be team-mates at Ferrari - where Smedley delivered the line “Fernando is faster than you” to inform Massa to move over for his team-mate at Hockenheim in 2010 - and Smedley says holding off the Spaniard was a fitting way to round off Massa’s time in F1. “It was a tough race, as we expected it to be,” Smedley said. “Unfortunately, Valtteri [Bottas] went out with a rear suspension failure so we will look into that....
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