Felipe Massa OK after scary incident at the
Hungaroring. In the second round of qualifying in the Hungarian
Grand Prix Massa was struck on the helmet by a suspension spring that had
fallen from Rubens Barrichello's Brawn, at a high-speed part of the track.
He subsequently crashed head on into a tire wall. Felipe appeared to be
knocked unconscious by the flying debris. The debris hit him and he
immediately went motionless as his Ferrari began a straight line towards
the tire wall. Felipe's car hit went off track bouncing over the
curbing, which appeared to 'wake' him up. Skid marks back across the
track, over the runoff area, and smack into the tire barrier. Felipe
was not moving after impact as his engine continued at a very high rev.
Track workers immediately began waving for the medical crew to come and
help out. The on-track medical crew wasted little time getting to
the semi conscious driver. Felipe was still motionless in the cock
pit as medical staff attended to him. After about five minutes,
Felipe was removed from the wrecked car and taken by ambulance to a
waiting medical helicopter. He was taken by air to the hospital.
Later press reports from Ferrari claim that Felipe is doing fine, although
woozy with a surface abrasion above his left eye.
Barrichello subsequently visited Massa in the medical centre and
reported that he is conscious and talking.
