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Massa to return for test drive

October 09, 2009 16:50 IST

Felipe Massa [ Images ] will return to a Formula One car for the first time since his serious accident when he tests a 2007 model at Ferrari's [ Images ] Fiorano track on Monday, his team said in a statement on Friday.

The Brazilian, who fractured his skull at July's Hungarian Grand Prix [ Images ], returned to Italy [ Images ] on Monday and has been working in a Formula One simulator for much of the week.

He will wave the chequered flag at his home grand prix in Brazil [ Images ] next week but has said it was unlikely he would be fit to compete at the season-ending race in Abu Dhabi next month.

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