Because he is a F1 driver and has won races
Massa won six races in the 2008 season: Bahrain, Turkey, France, Valencia, Belgium, and Brazil.
Kimi Räikkönen and Felipe Massa are two drivers of Scuderia Ferrari in 2008 and 2009
Two Brazilians have won races since the year 2001. They are: a. Rubens Barrichello and b. Felipe Massa Both of them drove for Ferrari and won races for the team. Rubens also drove for the Brawn GP team and has a few wins with them.
Jacques Villeneuve won 11 Formula 1 races in his career.
Niki Lauda won 25 Formula 1 races in his career.
Roger Williamson started only two races in his Formula 1 career, both in 1973.
Yuji Ide started four races in his Formula 1 career. They were all during the 2006 season.
Adrian Sutil, Giancarlo Fiscichella, and Vitantonio Liuzzi. Sutil drove the entire 2009 season for Force India. Fiscichella drove the first 12 races of the season for Force India. He was then released from his contract so he could join Ferrari and take the seat of Luca Badoer who had driven two races in replacement of Felipe Massa following Massa's accident in qualifying at the Hungarian Grand Prix. Liuzzi took over for Fiscichella at the the Italian Grand Prix and drove the final 6 races of the season.
A Total of 4 people drove for Ferrari in the F1 races and they had 2 reserve (test drivers). They are: Race Drivers: Kimi Raikkonen, Felipe Massa, Luca Badoer and Giancarlo Fisichella (Luca Badoer and Giancarlo Fisichella drove towards the end of the season because of a severe accident suffered by Felipe Massa) Test Drivers: Luca Badoer and Marc Gene
In 2008 McLarens Lewis Hamilton became the world champion with 98 points and Ferraris Felipe Massa was runner up with 97 points. Felipe Massan won 6 out of the 18 races whereas Lewis won only 5 out of the 18 races. In the constructors championship, Ferrari were champions with 172 points and McLaren were runners up with 151 points.
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