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Massa blames poor performance on tyre graining

Felipe Massa blamed excessive graining on his front tyres for his disappointing performance compared to Ferrari team-mate Fernando Alonso in China. Massa finished sixth and over 40 seconds off race winner Alonso, despite being directly behind his team-mate in the first corner. He initially lost positions by staying out for too long on the soft tyres at the start of the race, but he said front graining on the medium tyres in the following stints ruined his chances of making the most of the Ferrari's pace. "It was the graining on the tyres," he said. "I had amazing graining on the front tyres and after that I was just getting slower and slower because the graining was...
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