Ferrari announced on Sunday that injured F1 driver Felipe Massa will be back on a racetrack at the Mugello circuit this week to drive a Formula 1 car, another step forward in his long recovery from a devastating crash last July.
The announcement was made with a certain amount of whimsy. Ferrari said Massa had asked for a “special Christmas present” during holiday festivities here. Those festivities included Massa dressing up in a Santa Claus costume and posing for pictures with Ferrari President Luca di Montezemolo …Â Details
Pirelli is reporting an impressive performance for its 2010-specification P Zero Racing Slick during a two-day tire test at Daytona International Speedway in advance of January’s Grand-Am Rolex 24 race.
Twenty-four cars tried the new HAOF (highly aromatic oil-free) slicks on the 3.56-mile Daytona road circuit, and the reaction “was encouraging,†according to Tom Gravalos, Pirelli’s vice president of motorsports, marketing and original equipment sales … Details
In a not unexpected decision, the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court has declined to uphold the Appeal lodged by Societe Nautique de Geneve in respect of the venue and Rules issues.
The Appellate Court found that the order made by Justice Herman Cahn as to the selection of venue must be in compliance with the Deed of Gift, whereas the Defender, SNG, had literally interpreted his decision to mean anywhere in the world, and accordingly chose a place that it believed to offer good weather and waters for a Match on 8 February and chose Ras al-Khaimah in the United Arab Emirates … Details