Tuhia he tohutoro mō tēnei wāhanga - I whakahaerehia e Hingapura tana whakataetae F1 tuatahi, me te whakataetae pō tuatahi o F1, i te Marina Bay Street Circuit. I tohu a Massa i runga i te pou, heoi, ko te whakataetae he wero nui ki tana toa. I te huringa 12, i te wa e arahi ana a Massa, ka hinga te taraiwa a Renault a Nelson Piquet Jr. (tirohia te 'Race-fixing controversy' i raro ake nei), ahakoa kaore a Piquet i tukuna i tenei wa tae noa ki tana wehenga mai i te kapa i muri i te 2009 Hungarian Grand Prix
, i āwhina i tana hoa kapa a Fernando Alonso, nāna i wikitōria. I wikitoria ia mai i te raru o te kai wahie i te Q2 ka waiho ia hei 15 i runga i te rarangi, ahakoa kei te eke ia i te Piquet Jr. I mutu a Rosberg i runga i te podium mo te tuarua me te wa whakamutunga i te tau 2008. I mua atu a Massa i a Hamilton, engari, i a ia e eke ana ki raro i te motuka ahuru ka mau tonu tana ngongo hinu i te tikanga me rere te roopu pit ki te ara pit hei wehe. Na tenei i whakangaro i te whakataetae a Massa ka waiho ia ki te tuunga whakamutunga i te wa i whiwhi ai a Hamilton i nga tohu 6 mo te tuatoru.