Because even though he had ZERO CHANCE of closing the gap, Massa was driving successively faster laps to the finish, and drove the fastest lap of the race - of anybody- on the very last lap of the race.
What's up with that?
Massa coulda played it safe, coulda avoided taking chances, coulda thought "Well, I can't win so I'll slow down & ease off the throttle to avoid crashing" ... but instead he pulled out all the stops and drove all-out all the way to the finish.
That's the pure joy of driving the race. That's passion.
Race to win ... or drive something safe & practical like a Prius- and stay off the flippin' track.
A Purely Passionate PS:
Oooh, looks like Massa's a contender to win the 2007 Driver's Championship (a 3-way tie means the winner's gonna be decided two weeks from now in the Grand Prix of Brazil -- the last race of the season).
Aaah, wanna take a wild guess what country Massa happens to hail from?
