Felipe Massa announced today that he will move on from Formula One at the end of the season. As I look back on his career, I’m reminded of how tumultuous it has been from the time he was a test driver at Ferrari. From the highs of driving alongside Michael Schumacher at Ferrari to the scary moment when he was knocked unconscious by a loose spring and sustained a season ending injury. I remember the sheer jubilation of his father when Felipe had the World Championship tied up at his home race of Brazil, only to have it snatched away at the very last turn of the very last lap by Lewis Hamilton.

His First win…

The day won the championship… for 39 seconds…

And one of the scariest of accidents..