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Lowe explains why Massa decided to bow out
Williams' chief technical officer Paddy Lowe has been talking about why Felipe Massa decided to retire at the end of 2017. Massa originally left the sport at the end of last season. He was recalled by the team after Valtteri Bottas departed over the winter to join Mercedes. He went on to enjoy a good season. The 36-year-old finished level on points with Renault's Nico Hulkenberg - but only three ahead of his own rookie team mate Lance Stroll. Even so, he had appeared keen to stay with at Grove in 2018. With Sergey Sirotkin, Robert Kubica, Pascal Wehrlein, Daniil Kvyat and Paul di Resta all rumoured to be in the running to take over the seat next year, Massa sought some sort of definite...
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