First, he tooled his Ferrari around Istanbul Park 58 times for his first Formula One victory. Afterward, Fernando Alonso and Michael Schumacher, second and third at the Turkish Grand Prix, hoisted Massa on their shoulders.
Greg Biffle briefly flirted with the Nextel Cup championship last season, while teammate Carl Edwards made a surprising push toward his own title. Although both fell short, they started this season prepared — and perhaps even predicted — to finish the job. But it's not going to happen for either of them.
With two of the highest-profile names in auto racing on the roster — Andretti and Patrick — it would seem the biggest challenge Andretti Green Racing faces in 2007 is making everyone fit together. That, and coping with another season of Marcomania — joined by Danicamania.
Michael Schumacher's manager Willi Weber has given up talking to the Ferrari driver about his plans for next year.
Belgian cyclist Christophe Brandt was brought into an artificial coma by doctors after falling badly during the Schaal Sel cycling race in Merxem in Belgium on Tuesday, local media reported on Wednesday.
The driver of a sport utility vehicle plowed across sidewalks and crosswalks throughout the city, killing one man and injuring at least 13 people in a series of attacks on pedestrians and motorists
Italian rider Loris Capirossi will remain at Ducati next year, the MotoGP team said in a statement
San Marino Grand Prix organisers remained hopeful on Tuesday that they would have a Formula One race next year despite it being left off the 2007 calendar.
Next year's Turkish Formula One Grand Prix could be in jeopardy after a political storm erupted over the prize-giving at Sunday's race in Istanbul
Spaniard Francisco Jose Ventoso stunned a field of top level sprinters to win the third stage of the Tour of Spain, held over 219 kilometres between Cordoba and Almendralejo on Monday.
Ferrari's Felipe Massa had tears in his eyes and a lump in his throat on Sunday after he joined the ranks of Formula One winners.