Hamilton raps Massa for Formula I champion deprivation claim

October 8th, 2009 Maranello,ITALY - Felipe Massa could return to driving a Ferrari Formula One car as early as Monday if he gets the all-clear from motorsport's ruling body, the FIA. Massa has been out of action since sustaining head injuries during qualifying for July's Hungarian GP but as part of his continued recuperation spent two days this week in a racing simulator in an effort to show his return to fitness.

October 8th, 2009 Massa to wave checkered flag at Brazilian GPSAO PAULO — Brazilian Grand Prix officials say injured Ferrari driver Felipe Massa will wave the checkered flag at Interlagos on Oct. 18. A Formula One spokesman said Thursday that Ferrari gave permission for Massa to wave the flag in his native Brazil.

October 2nd, 2009 LONDON - Ferrari driver Felipe Massa is of the view that the 2008 Singapore Grand Prix result on the grounds that Renault driver Nelson Piquet Junior's deliberately crashed and allowed teammate Fernando Alonso to win, "robbing" him of glory. All of what happened was robbery - but regarding the race nothing has happened, the result remains the same.

September 30th, 2009 Massa gets back to kart racing in BrazilSAO PAULO — Formula One driver Felipe Massa got behind the wheels of a kart, practicing for the first time in public since sustaining multiple skull fractures in a crash. TV showed Massa racing with his Ferrari uniform on a red kart in Sao Paulo on Tuesday.

September 25th, 2009 Sao Paulo. - Felipe Massa will return to motor racing in a charity karting event in his native Brazil in November as the Ferrari driver continues his recovery from head injuries sustained in July during qualifying for the Hungarian Formula One Grand Prix. "I'm going to take part again in the International Challenge of the Stars," said Massa, 28 in a promotional video.

September 24th, 2009 Massa says he will race in November karting eventSAO PAULO — Formula One driver Felipe Massa, recovering from multiple skull fractures from a crash in July, will get back behind the wheel in a charity karting event in November. Massa said Thursday he will join former Ferrari teammate Michael Schumacher, fellow Brazilian driver Rubens Barrichello and other racing stars for his own organized event from Nov.

September 20th, 2009 LONDON - Ace driver Lewis Hamilton has rubbished claims he should not have won the Formula One title last year, insisting that he is a true champion. The McLaren driver's historic victory has been called into question amid the fall-out from the Crashgate scandal that has rocked F1.

September 8th, 2009 LONDON - Ferrari driver Felipe Massa will have a titanium plate surgically inserted in his head to ensure he is fit to return to Formula One next year. Massa said the titanium-infused plate was necessary to protect a weak spot caused by the initial surgery so that next season he will be ready to race again for Ferrari.

September 7th, 2009 Ferrari's Fisichella has no plans to replace MassaFIORANO, Italy — Giancarlo Fisichella made it clear that he has no plan to become a full-time replacement for injured driver Felipe Massa at Ferrari. "I spoke with Massa by phone and he told me he's very happy for me and that I was the right choice," Fisichella said Monday during his introduction as a Ferrari driver for the final five races of the Formula One season.

August 29th, 2009 LONDON - Formula One racer Lewis Hamilton has said that he is looking for payback in Sunday's Belgian Grand Prix. Hamilton had won at the Spa-Francorchamps track last year, but was controversially stripped of victory for cutting a chicane during a fierce tit-for-tat battle with title rival Kimi Raikkonen.

July 31st, 2009 LONDON - Formula One (F1) champion Lewis Hamilton has expressed delight at the return of seven-time champion Michael Schumacher, saying that it will be an honour and a privilege to go wheel to wheel with his hero. Schumacher would replace injured Brazilian driver Felipe Massa at errari if he passes a fitness test "I am excited by the possibility of Michael's return.

July 29th, 2009 Schumacher to make comeback to replace MassaROME — Seven-time Formula One champion Michael Schumacher is making a comeback for Ferrari to replace injured driver Felipe Massa. Ferrari said Wednesday in a statement that the German had agreed to get back in the cockpit until Massa is fit to return.

July 28th, 2009 LONDON - Lewis Hamilton has said that there "wasn't a moment" during Sunday's victorious Hungarian Grand Prix when injured Felipe Massa wasn't on his mind. Massa was injured after crashing during the qualifiers the day before.

July 26th, 2009 F1 driver Massa remains in life-threatening stateBUDAPEST, Hungary — A doctor says Formula One driver Felipe Massa remains in "life-threatening" but stable condition despite "reassuring" results of his surgery on multiple skull fractures. Peter Bazso, the AEK hospital medical director, told reporters Sunday that the Ferrari driver would remain in an induced coma for the next 48 hours, but will be woken up periodically during that time.

July 26th, 2009 Hamilton picks up 1st F1 win of 2009 at HungaryBUDAPEST, Hungary — McLaren's Lewis Hamilton has won the Hungarian Grand Prix, giving Formula One's defending champion his first victory of the season. Hamilton snapped a streak of 11 races without a top-three finish.