Massa gets back to kart racing in Brazil
September 29, 2009
SAO PAULO (AP)—Formula One driver Felipe Massa got behind the wheels of akart, practicing for the first time in public since sustaining multiple skullfractures in a crash.
TV showed Massa racing with his Ferrari uniform on a red kart in Sao Pauloon Tuesday. Local media said he also had raced for a few laps on Monday.
The Brazilian was hospitalized for nine days and underwent surgery followinghis life-threatening, high-speed crash in qualifying for the Hungarian GrandPrix on July 25.
The 28-year-old Massa had said he wants to race at the Brazilian GP nextmonth, but Ferrari hinted he won’t be back until next year. Massa expects toparticipate in a charity karting race Nov. 27-29 in Florianopolis.
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