Massa, Schumacher take honours in Brazil kart event
1 of 3. Seven-time Formula One World Champion Michael Schumacher of Germany waits before the start of Kart Stars Challenge in the city of Florianopolis, Brazil November 29, 2009.
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RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Ferrari's Felipe Massa and former team mate Michael Schumacher completed a one-two finish in a kart race on Sunday in the Brazilian's first competitive event since his life-threatening accident in July.
Race organiser Massa, who suffered a serious head injury during qualifying at the Hungarian Grand Prix and missed the rest of the Formula One season, won Sunday's race ahead of record seven-times world champion Schumacher.
The German lifted the title in the International Challenge of Go-Kart Champions following a victory on Saturday. Massa, third on Saturday, was overall runner-up in the event held in Florianopolis in southern Brazil.
"It's fantastic to do a one-two with Felipe. It was like in the old days," Schumacher told reporters after the race in which other current and former F1 drivers took part, including Rubens Barrichello and Force India's Italian Vitantonio Liuzzi.
The 28-year-old Massa will return to Formula One for Ferrari next season alongside Spain's Fernando Alonso.
(Reporting by Pedro Fonseca, editing by Kevin Fylan)
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