Felipe Massa is “the real deal” and has “surprised” Williams with his approach, according to senior engineer Rod Nelson.Kimi Raikkonen's return to Ferrari saw Massa replaced at the end of 2013, and he moved across to Williams to partner Valtteri Bottas. Having driven in F1 for 11 seasons – eight of which were for Ferrari and three for Sauber – Massa is only at his third team and chief test and support engineer Nelson said working with him so far as been impressive.“Felipe's good, make no mistake,” Nelson said. “He's the real deal. He's got a lot of experience. I know Fernando [Alonso] very well obviously because I was at Renault for four years and Felipe is no slouch....
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