Massa Announces F1 Retirement At End Of 2017 Season

Williams F1 driver Felipe Massa has announced his retirement from Formula 1 at the end of 2017. This is the driver's second retirement from the sport after making a comeback this season filling in for Valtteri Bottas.

By Sameer Contractor

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Published on November 5, 2017

Highlights

Rumours do suggest that Massa could make the switch too Formula E
Massa has had 267 grand prix starts in his career
The Brazilian racer won 11 races during an eight-season spell at Ferrari

Williams F1 driver Felipe Massa has announced he will retire from Formula 1 at the end of the 2017 season. The veteran F1 driver announced his retirement from the sport for the second time after he originally retired at the end of last year. However, Williams asked Massa to comeback to the sport after Valtteri Bottas was upgraded to Mercedes-AMG to fill in for Nico Rosberg, leaving a void within Williams. That said, Williams is yet to announce a replacement for Massa with Robert Kubica, Paul di Resta and Pascal Wehrlein in contention. Speaking on his retirement, Felipe Massa said in a statement, "As everyone knows, after announcing my retirement from Formula 1 last year, I agreed to return this season to help Williams when the call came."