If it was down to him, rather than his doctors, Massa would make his return in this season's penultimate race – at his home grand prix in Brazil, at Interlagos, not far from where he lives.

如果是由他自己，而不是他的医生来决定，他会让自己的复出定在这个赛季的倒数第二站的比赛—在他的家乡，英特拉各斯（Interlagos）举行的巴西大奖赛，就在他住的地方附近。

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He was passed by McLaren's Lewis Hamilton on the final lap at Brazil's Interlagos circuit, which promoted Hamilton to fifth, enough for the Englishman to claim the drivers' championship.

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Australia will host the season's opening grand prix in Melbourne on March 18, with Brazil staging 2012's final race at Interlagos on November 25, the week after the new race in Texas.

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Despite the potentially wet conditions, his team's speed around the Interlagos track and its history in Brazil Red Bull has won there in each of the past three seasons makes him a heavy favorite.

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