Rob Smedley, Felipe Massa's race engineer, reckons the Brazilian's Turkish GP victory has put him firmly in the hunt for this year's World title.
Massa joined Ferrari in 2006 as team-mate to Michael Schumacher. But while the German proved to be the strongest opposition to that year's winner, Fernando Alonso, Massa found himself playing second fiddle to his team-mate.
In 2007 he also had to watch as his new team-mate Kimi Raikkonen launched a title challenge while Massa's faded away due to reliability gremlins.
This season, though, the Brazilian's campaign got off to a disappointing start as he failed to score in either of the opening two races.
Massa, though, came back strong in Bahrain, clinching the victory, and adding another win to his tally in Turkey on Sunday.
His performances have led race engineer Smedley to suggest that Massa is now firmly in the hunt for this year's title.
"He's equal (on points) with Lewis now," he told ITV. "Three races ago we had no points.
"So he has come back fantastically - 28 points in three races is World Champion material."
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