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'It's like driving two different cars' – Massa

Felipe Massa has likened the performance gap between Pirelli’s Soft and Medium tyre compounds to driving completely different cars, but feels optimistic that Ferrari is in a strong position when it comes to managing degradation at Shanghai. The Brazilian, who set the pace in Friday's second free practice session, says he instantly felt comfortable in the F138 and is confident of developing his initially promising pace into a strong result come tomorrow afternoon's qualifying hour. "Today, I immediately had a good feeling in the car and even if, at the start, I was not completely happy with the performance of the Medium compound and we were not as quick as our rivals, the times were...
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