Ikipe ya Williams F1 yatangaje ko Filipe Massa yahawe akazi muri shampiyona itaha. Umushoferi wo muri Berezile, umushoferi wa Scuderia Ferrari ubungubu, azaba mu itsinda ryabongereza, hamwe numushoferi Valtteri Bottas.
Mu ntumbero yo gusubira kuri "top" ya Formula 1, Ikipe ya Williams F1 yatangaje, ibinyujije kurubuga rwayo, guha akazi Felipe Massa. Umushoferi w'imyaka 32, uzasimbura umushoferi Pasiteri Maldonado, yashimangiye amahitamo ye avuga ko “Williams ari imwe mu makipe akomeye kandi yatsinze kurusha abandi muri Formula 1”. Felipe Massa yongeyeho ati: “ni ishema kuguma mu ikipe ishushanya, nyuma ya Ferrari”.
Umushoferi wo muri Berezile abona kandi ko amahitamo ye yuzuzwa na Sir Frank Williams, Umuyobozi w'ikipe ya Williams F1, nk'uko bamwe mu babivuze, agira ati: "umushoferi Felipe Massa afite impano idasanzwe kandi ni umurwanyi nyawe mu nzira" .
Wibuke ko Felipe Massa, umushoferi wa Scuderia Ferrari uriho kuva 2006, yamaze gutsinda 11 mumarushanwa na podium 36 mubuzima bwe. Umushoferi wahoze muri Sauber, yari umwe mu bantu bakomeye batumye Ferrari yigarurira izina ry’abakora ku isi mu 2007 na 2008.
Ikipe ya Williams F1 rero izahuza imbaraga zose muri saison itaha, kugirango igerageze gutwara igikombe cya cumi cyubwubatsi bwisi, izina batatsindiye kuva 1997.