While his chances for a full recovery are excellent, the same is hard to say about Underwriters Laboratories, the 110-year-old product-testing outfit in Northbrook, Ill. that Knoblauch joined as chief executive in early 2001.
Massa, who made his F1 debut in 2002 with Sauber and returned there in 2004 after a year testing with Ferrari, has long been linked with a permament move to the Maranello-based outfit.