Massa to try Ferrari simulator soon

Felipe Massa will be taking part in a karting event in the next few days and is then expected to travel to Europe where he will begin to work in the Ferrari simulator at Maranello. The aim of the tests is to see whether there is any discernible effects from his accident in Hungary when he was hot on the head by a spring that fell off Rubens Barrichello’s car. Massa isnow training hard to get back to the level of fitness required in Formula 1 and is having constant medical checks to make sure that there are no problems. There are suggestions that the Brazilian might try to return to action before the end of the year, but with only a month to go before the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, there is not much time available. Ferrari has laready written off this year’s chances and stopped development of the F60 chassis and in Singapore both Kimi Raikkonen and Giancarlo Fisichella were struggling to be competitive. Making a comeback in these circumstances does not make much sense and Massa would probably be much better served if he waited until winter testing begins at which point he can come back without the pressure of a race weekend.

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