A busy few weeks for seven-time Formula One World Champion Michael Schumacher. First he was back on the Formula One track testing for Ferrari in Barcelona and clocking up fastest times in the process, then on Sunday 25 November he won the International Challenge of Go-Kart Champs in Brazil. The two-race kart challenge hosted by Scuderia Ferrari’s Felipe Massa and supported by Shell, was held at the Ingleses kart track in Florianopolis. Every year it attracts some of the globe’s finest racing drivers.
Michael Schumacher, who was competing against familiar faces from the world of motorsport such as Nelson Piquet Jr. and Rubens Barrichello, won the first race from fourth on the grid. In race two, the German crossed the line in sixth position after suffering some technical problems with his go-kart. However he took the winners’ trophy on an aggregate score of 35, followed by former Ferrari test driver Luciano Burti. Winner of race two, GP2 driver Lucas di Grassi, claimed third place.
Although not victorious at his home go-kart race, Felipe Massa was delighted with the event and the high spirited support of a passionate crowd. In fact he invited his former team mate to come back in 2008 to defend his title and Schumacher immediately agreed to take part.
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