27/10/2009
NEWS STORY
Still recovering from his accident at the Hungarian GP, Felipe Massa has said that he will partner with Renault reserve driver Lucas di Grassi and Brazilian Stock Car regular Popo Bueno in this year's Granja Viana 500 Mile kart race.
The traditional endurance challenge, which will be held at Kartodromo Internacional Granja Viana near Sao Paulo on December 5th, sees Massa expecting to land his third victory, but there is a tough task ahead as eight-time winner Rubens Barrichello led-squad is once more the team to be beaten.
"Di Grassi and Popo are OK. We still have some time before naming another two guys", said Massa, who managed to win the first edition of the event back in 1997 and then repeated the success in 2002 along with Barrichello and Tony Kanaan.
The Ferrari driver also revealed that he will fly to Abu Dhabi on Wednesday to play a promotional role for the Maranello outfit in the first-ever race at Yas Marina Circuit.
When asked about his current physical conditions, the 2008 Formula 1 runner-up joked. "I'm fine and doing some kart training. I'm OK, everything is normal, or do you think I'm looking different, dude?"