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Massa almost called it a day in 2013
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Felipe Massa has revealed that he was close to retiring from Grand Prix racing at the end of 2013 when he was replaced at Ferrari by Kimi Raikkonen. A veteran of 243 Formula 1, the Williams driver recently announced his retirement from the sport at the end of the current campaign. The personable Brazilian collected 11 Grand Prix wins over the course of a 14-year career at the pinnacle of motor sport which started in 2002 with Sauber. Massa almost won the championship in 2008 but was pipped by Lewis Hamilton by a single point in an epic home race in Brazil which saw the British driver clinch the title on the very last lap at Interlagos. Five years later, when Ferrari parted ways...
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