F1 driver Felipe Massa returns to action in charity karting race in Brazil won by Schumacher

Massa returns to action in charity karting event

FLORIANOPOLIS, Brazil — Formula One driver Felipe Massa returned to competition for the first time since his life-threatening accident four months ago, finishing third in a charity karting event won by Michael Schumacher.

Massa started 11th at the “International Challenge of the Stars” race in southern Brazil, which he is hosting for the fifth straight year to aid local charities.

Massa says “it was a great return to racing” and “I felt 100 percent and I’m ready for the next one.”

The Brazilian suffered multiple skull fractures in a crash in Hungary with Ferrari on July 25.