Massa laudat de Bernie

Ferrari's Felipe Massa deserves to win the world title this season, Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone said on Thursday.

Massa finished second behind McLaren's Lewis Hamilton lastyear after the Briton grabbed fifth spot on the final corner ofthe season-ending Brazilian Grand Prix to pip the Ferrari driverby a point. Hamilton lost out on the 2007 title by a point to Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen. "I hoped that Felipe would do something last year so let'shope he does it this year," Ecclestone told reporters on asurprise visit to Ferrari's ski retreat."Lewis had back luck the year before and won thechampionship, Felipe had bad luck last year so I hope this yearhe recovers."Ecclestone remains keen to implement a change in the scoringsystem whereby the driver that wins the most races, or goldmedals, becomes the champion.He was unsure if his idea would be adopted for this season,which starts in Australia on March 29."Forget the word medals, I just think the guy that wins themost races should win the championship. I don't think a guy thatis second who's got a lot of points should be world champion,that's all," he said.

"This year a lot of them sat there being second. It's up tothe teams to really push that through. I hope they have enoughsense to agree."Ecclestone reaffirmed his opposition to the introduction ofthe kinetic energy recover system (KERS) on cars this season,saying the cost could balloon at a time when the sport wastrying to save money during the credit crunch.The Briton had never previously visited Ferrari's skiretreat but denied he had come to smooth over tensions withFerrari president Luca Di Montezemolo after some recent spats."It's not my intention (to meet him). To be honest it's acheap weekend for me," he added.

sursa: reuters