Felipe Massa is set to make a return to the tracks sometime in December, although it won’t be in a Ferrari F1 car as a lot of people would have hoped. Massa’s first race back from his career-threatening injury at Hungary earlier this year will be in a go-kart.
It’s not exactly the most resounding of comebacks, is it?
Nevertheless, Massa will be making his racing comeback at the Brazilian Granja Viana endurance kart race in his native Brazil. The race, which will be held in Sao Paulo sometime in December, figures to get a huge boost in publicity in the event Massa - one of the country’s most popular race car drivers – does get the ‘go’ signal from his doctors.
In the meantime, the Brazilian continues to recuperate from the crash that almost ended his life but has made it clear that he’s itching to return to racing, saying that “I wish I could be on the track tomorrow because I’m bored."
We’re all rooting for Felipe Massa to have as fast a recovery as possible because we’d love to see him back where he belongs: on a race track.
Whether it’s behind the wheel of a Ferrari F1 car or a go-kart is inconsequential to us; we just want him back to doing what he does best.
In light of Felipe Massa’s life threatening accident at the Hungarian Grand Prix, Ferrari has found a willing and able body to temporarily replace the Brazilian for the remainder of the 2010 F1 season. That willing and able body is no less than 7-time World Champion Michael Schumacher.
Massa sustained heavy damage on his skull when he was struck on the left side of his head by a loose metal spring that detached itself from Rubens Barrichello’s Brawn GP car. The accident resulted in Massa undergoing immediate surgery at the AEK Hospital in Hungary. Despite Massa’s recovery going faster than expected, the team has taken a prudent approach in the whole matter, giving the Brazilian all the time it needs to fully recover from the accident.
So with one empty seat at Ferrari, the team tapped the man who dominated the F1 circuit for the better part of this decade while driving the Scarlet Prancing Horse. In its website, the team said that: "Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro intends to entrust Michael Schumacher with Felipe Massa’s car until the Brazilian driver is able to race again. Michael Schumacher has shown his willingness and in the next few days he will undergo a specific programme of preparation at the end of which it will be possible to confirm his participation in the championship starting with the European Grand Prix."
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