It's official: Schumi won't be racing after all

Michael Schumacher’s replacement, test driver Luca Badoer

Following Michael Schumacher’s announcement Tuesday that he is calling off his comeback to Formula One, test driver Luca Badoer will replace the injured Felipe Massa for Ferrari at the European Grand Prix in Valencia on August 23.

The 38-year-old will drive the F60 for the first time in Spain and will also be the oldest driver in the field. The Italian’s last race came in on October 31, 1999 in the season-ending Japanese GP.

A short profile of Badoer:

Date of Birth: January 25, 1971 in Montebulla (Italy) Grand Prix
Debut: March 14, 1993 in Kyalami, South Africa for Ferrari
Grand Prix Starts: 49
Victories: 0
Points: 0
Best Formula One Finish: Seventh at the San Marino GP in 1993 (Points only for the first six finishers)
Successes: European Formula-3000 champion 1992, Italian Karting champion 1998 Formula One Career: Driver for Lola-Ferrari 1993 Test driver for Minardi 1994 Driver for Minardi 1995 Driver for Forti Ford 1996 Driver for Minardi 1999 Test driver for Ferrari since 1998.

Michael Schumacher has canceled his F1 return due to lingering pain in his neck from a motorcycle accident earlier this year.