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Felipe Massa To Wave Chequered Flag At Brazilian GP

October 8, 2009 by Marathon Running · Leave a Comment 

Felipe Massa will wave the chequered flag at the end of his home round, the Brazilian Grand Prix. The Paulista is now back in training after recovering from his serious head injuries sustained in July’s Hungaroring qualifying, but his return behind the wheel of a Ferrari at the Interlagos track has been ruled out. Instead, he will travel to his local circuit simply to be with his Ferrari team colleagues for the first time since his accident, and to greet the winner with the famous black and

Schu races karts but insists not comeback training

August 31, 2009 by Marathon Running · Leave a Comment 

“My neck is okay” -Schumacher With the media ready to pounce on any new development, Michael Schumacher has immediately ruled out claims he did not travel to Belgium this weekend because he is stepping up preparations to return to formula one. With Ferrari openly contemplating whether or not to replace the struggling Luca Badoer ahead of Monza, Schumacher at the weekend was racing at the kart track at his German birthplace Kerpen. He finished the two finals second and first respectivel

Memory Lane: Niki Lauda

August 1, 2009 by Marathon Running · Leave a Comment 

Some observers adopted a “wait and see” attitude when Austrian race car driver Niki Lauda launched his comeback to the Formula One circuit in 1982. It’s hard to figure out why. Lauda, who went on to collect a third career driver’s championship in 1984, had already come back from the dead. What did a couple years of relative inactivity mean after that?Andreas Nikolaus Lauda debuted as an F1 driver in 1971 and drove for the March and BRM teams before he hooked up with Ferrari in 1974. He won the S

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