Felipe Massa in life threatening condition

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Originally Posted by Geraint

Similar to Henry Surtee last week.

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Not really surtees died because a wheel hit him on the head? How's that similar to driving into a wall?

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Originally Posted by Catzsy

What a freak accident too. Hope everything goes well for him. Barrachelo must feel awful! :(

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he'll probably want to do the same at Germany after the race... get the first flight back to Brazil.

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Originally Posted by adammm

I was watching it live, he got knocked clean out and didn't slow down a real deal. He seemed alright just before he got airlifted to hospital though - he was waving :S

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Probably to show fans that he's alright (even though he ain't)/conscious.

Hmm... hope he gets a speedy recovery (oh dear at puns).

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Originally Posted by invincible

Not really surtees died because a wheel hit him on the head? How's that similar to driving into a wall?

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Because a kilo of metal hit him(spring) in the head at 200mph :S, the wall wasn't the cause of anything.

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Originally Posted by Voiding

Because a kilo of metal hit him(spring) in the head at 200mph :S, the wall wasn't the cause of anything.

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Oh, in the report i read it said he drove into the tyre wall...

Very similar accident then, weird.

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Originally Posted by invincible

Oh, in the report i read it said he drove into the tyre wall...

Very similar accident then, weird.

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Yeah he got knocked out down the track by the spring and then cause he was unconcious his car kept going straight and then into the wall. But the spring smashed his helmet, fractured his skull and made him unconcious.

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Originally Posted by Voiding

Yeah he got knocked out down the track by the spring and then cause he was unconcious his car kept going straight and then into the wall. But the spring smashed his helmet, fractured his skull and made him unconcious.

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It's so freaky that two similar accidents can happen so close together :S

Yep and now some sort of improvements got to be made on lose parts breaking off.

To lighten the depressed air around this thread:

Heidfeld did terrible!

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Originally Posted by adammm

To lighten the depressed air around this thread:

Heidfeld did terrible!

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There is a time and there is a place.

I'm just saying is all.

I just find it strange how he can be waving his arm in lifefulness one minute before being airlifted to hospital for checks and now be in a life threatening condition the next. I know it can happen but not like that, surely? I'm sure he'll be okay.