News Details

Massa accepts offer to stay at Williams in 2017

Felipe Massa has accepted an offer to return to Formula 1 next year with Williams, in a deal that paves the way for Valtteri Bottas to join Mercedes. Although final contracts have not yet been completed, Motorsport.com has learned that Massa has decided to go back on his decision to retire. The Brazilian had announced this year that the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix would be his last F1 race. But with Mercedes looking to sign Bottas to replace retired world champion Nico Rosberg, Massa has now agreed to stay at Williams for at least another year in order to help the team in a season where big regulations changes are set to reward experience. Williams has signed 18-year-old rookie Lance Stroll as one...
Full Story »
9y ago from Motorsport.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Massa in demand by world of Formula 1

< > Three months ago Felipe Massa announced his retirement from...
9y ago from GrandPrix247.com

Williams willing to let Bottas join Mercedes

Williams have confirmed that they are open to the idea of letting...
9y ago from FormulaSpy.com

Symonds says Williams must not let Bottas go to...

Williams technical chief Pat Symonds says retaining Valtteri Bottas next...
9y ago from Motorsport.com

Felipe Massa could return to Williams as Mercedes push...

Felipe Massa could put his retirement from Formula 1 on hold for another...
9y ago from GrandPrixTimes.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Johann Zarco tops second MotoGP practice at Le Mans,...

Johann Zarco continued Honda's Friday dominance to top the second MotoGP...
51m ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Luca Marini leads the way in first Le Mans MotoGP...

Honda rider Luca Marini topped the timesheets in the opening MotoGP free...

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Palou secures early advantage in first IndyCar...

The NTT IndyCar Series completed its first official session of the Month...
31m ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Popular On GunnersToday.com

'We did not expect…' – Arteta on...

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has admitted to a 'difficult' situation with...
1h ago from CaughtOffside.com

'He can't counter attack at all' - Nicky Butt tells...

Manchester United legend Nicky Butt has advised Mikel Arteta to drop...
2h ago from SportsKeeda.com

'Difficult to predict' – Howe won't rule out...

Newcastle United manager Eddie Howe has not done much to play down talk of...
4h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Comments

Hottest News

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.