Fittipaldi was making his World Endurance Championship debut at Spa early in his 2018 season as a jobbing driver, following his FV83. 5 title. He will replace Giancarlo Fisichella for the two races. However, he is expected to be replaced for the remaining rounds by former Formula 1 racer Felipe Massa, who will drive the #8 Ferrari 488 GTE. Massa has been named as Fittipaldi's replacement on the team website. He will also be making his WEC debut this weekend at Spa. This will be Massa's first race since leaving F1 at the end of 2017 after seven seasons with Ferrari. The Brazilian won the world championship in 2004, before moving to Williams that year. He returned to Ferrari in 2011 and won another four titles before leaving for political reasons at the end of 2017. He has not announced yet if he will continue racing in WEC this season or not, but it looks likely as he has been named as Fittipaldi's replacement. Massa took part in three F1 races during 2008, due to an injury crisis for Ferrari. He finished second in one of them, the French Grand Prix, behind Michael Schumacher's Mercedes.