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Local hero Felipe Massa finished the Brazilian Grand Prix in third place, despite a penalty.
The result could have been very different for the crowd favourite, who overcame not one but two pitstop incidents.
Stopping for the first time, Massa was caught speeding in the pitlane by the officials and had to serve a five-second penalty for it.
Stopping for the second time, the Brazilian pulled into McLaren's stall before eventually finding his way to the Williams crew.
"It was not an easy race but what a fantastic result for me, for my family, and for the team to finish on the podium in front of my home fans," said Massa.
"In the first stop I incurred a stop-and-go penalty after speeding in the pit lane after I hit the limiter twice by mistake, and in the second I stopped in the wrong box. We're not normally next to McLaren and in the light their overalls looked the same colour as ours so this caught me out.
"In the end these issues were not enough to take away my podium because we had a good aggressive strategy and a really good car."
The result could have been very different for the crowd favourite, who overcame not one but two pitstop incidents.
Stopping for the first time, Massa was caught speeding in the pitlane by the officials and had to serve a five-second penalty for it.
Stopping for the second time, the Brazilian pulled into McLaren's stall before eventually finding his way to the Williams crew.
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"It was not an easy race but what a fantastic result for me, for my family, and for the team to finish on the podium in front of my home fans," said Massa.
"In the first stop I incurred a stop-and-go penalty after speeding in the pit lane after I hit the limiter twice by mistake, and in the second I stopped in the wrong box. We're not normally next to McLaren and in the light their overalls looked the same colour as ours so this caught me out.
"In the end these issues were not enough to take away my podium because we had a good aggressive strategy and a really good car."