Our Brazilian correspondent has recently returned from Rio de Janeiro with the news that the country is really getting behind Massa. He is obviously not as popular (yet) as Senna or Piquet, but people believe in him a lot more than they ever did Barrichello – who has almost been forgotten. They’re encouraged by his ability to challenge Raikkonen, to not be willing to settle for second, and are backing him for the title (against the advice of us here at SofaF1). He certainly does seem a lot more comfortable at Ferrari than Kimi at the moment. The whole Michael phoning after every race is a bit weird, and as Ted Kravitz says, it probably helps Massa and makes Kimi uncomfortable. Can Kimi begin to turn it around as this week we head into the European races?