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FERARRI'S MASSA VOWS TO BE AT BRAZILLIAN GP Felipe Massa has vowed to attend his home race next month, even though he admits it will be tough to watch another driver at the wheel of his number-three Ferrari. Former Force India star Giancarlo Fisichella is replacing Massa for the final five races of 2009 as the Brazilian continues to recuperate from his Hungaroring accident. Massa suffered a fractured skull after he was struck by a loose spring from another car during qualifying for July’s Hungarian Grand Prix and is expected to return to competition at the start of next season. He watched the following Valencia race and subsequent rounds on television, but plans to be at Interlagos - where he had hoped to make his F1 return. "It will be much worse when I have to watch the race in Brazil,” he told Britain’s Guardian newspaper. “That was the race I wanted to come back in but it's difficult to say if it would've been possible. It will be difficult to watch it, but I will be there." Visit the official F1 website. - - -