From Ferrari
It seems a lifetime ago, but it's just over two months: the terrible accident in Budapest lies behind Felipe Massa , who took another step in his programme to improve his conditions - as a driver that is - because as a man he has been 100 percent quite a while ago.
Felipe Massa got back behind the wheel of a racing vehicle yesterday morning in Granja Viana, Brazil where he drove a kart.
Accompanied by his personal doctor Dino Altman, Felipe drove a couple of laps, before some heavy rain interrupted this first session. Today Felipe went back onto the track for a whole 60 laps.
In the next days he’ll have more opportunities in the kart before he'll fly to Maranello, where, the week after the Singapore GP , he will use the static simulator at the Gestione Sportiva.
Naturally there is some speculation that Felipe might already be back racing at a Grand Prix this season, the one in Interlagos.
"There is absolutely nothing true in this story," Scuderia Ferrari spokesman Luca Colajanni told www.ferrari.com .
"Felipe's recovery is proceeding in a very positive way, but there are no plans to accelerate his comeback."
photo: Ferrari
It seems a lifetime ago, but it's just over two months: the terrible accident in Budapest lies behind Felipe Massa , who took another step in his programme to improve his conditions - as a driver that is - because as a man he has been 100 percent quite a while ago.
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| Felipe Massa in action during the Go-kart International Challenge, November 2007. |
Felipe Massa got back behind the wheel of a racing vehicle yesterday morning in Granja Viana, Brazil where he drove a kart.
Accompanied by his personal doctor Dino Altman, Felipe drove a couple of laps, before some heavy rain interrupted this first session. Today Felipe went back onto the track for a whole 60 laps.
In the next days he’ll have more opportunities in the kart before he'll fly to Maranello, where, the week after the Singapore GP , he will use the static simulator at the Gestione Sportiva.
Naturally there is some speculation that Felipe might already be back racing at a Grand Prix this season, the one in Interlagos.
"There is absolutely nothing true in this story," Scuderia Ferrari spokesman Luca Colajanni told www.ferrari.com .
"Felipe's recovery is proceeding in a very positive way, but there are no plans to accelerate his comeback."
photo: Ferrari