Felipe Massa in life threatening condition

[iAdam]

By nature he is a strong motivated person, I think this accident will have shaken him a lot, but I think he will race again next season, but one thing is for sure he won't race again this season.

I'll tell you now he will probably not be racing next season after this.

[Wahey]

Hope he gets better

[The Professor]

It's not just physical damage, Physcological too, if you slip off a corner on a bike, you will never take that corner as fast as you can again, same goes for F1, if you have an accident your confidence is going to take a huge knock.

Yeah i see your point but it depends on the person. I'll use the example of Alex Zanardi, he lost both his legs in a serious ChampCar accident at a track in 2001. When he'd recovered and had prosthetic limbs fitted and had his car modified accordingly so he could race it, he went back to the track and competed in a race at that track (albeit only the last 13 laps). According to wikipedia if he had paticipated in qualifying that weekend he'd have qualified 5th which isn't all that bad.

Tbh I hope to god you're wrong, the guy deserves to win at least one world championship

[Rock]

I think his replacement will be Luca Bodeaur (or however you spell it) but it hasn't been announced yet. It was starting to look like Ferrari might challenge to hold on to 3rd place but without Felipe it seems unlikely.

[xxMATTGxx]

Ferrari chairman Luca di Montezemolo has said he is optimistic about Felipe Massa’s condition after visiting the team’s injured driver in Budapest on Monday. Massa remains stable in hospital following surgery on skull fractures he sustained in his qualifying accident at the Hungaroring on Saturday.

"I'm confident and optimistic about Felipe's capacity to recover, also because he has excellent medical care and I want to thank the staff at the AEK hospital for the work they're doing,” said di Montezemolo after meeting with doctors, as well as Massa’s wife and parents.

"It was a serious and incredible accident, but thank God this is a different situation compared to 1976 when I went to see Niki Lauda after the accident at the Nurburgring,” added. “We have to wait, but the signs are encouraging."

Massa was scanned again on Monday morning without problem and hospital officials have reported he is now able to move his hands and legs. The extent of reported injury to his left eye has not yet been confirmed.

"Our priority is the recovery of Felipe as a man,” continued di Montezemolo. “He has been with us for a long time and he is part of the family and not just of the team... We're all waiting for him at Ferrari and I'm convinced that we'll see him again in one of our single-seaters and that he will be again on top."

Although it looks almost certain Massa will not be racing at the next round of the championship in Valencia next month, di Montezemolo said the team would not be rushing into selecting a stand-in driver.

“I'm heading back to Maranello with (team principal Stefano) Domenicali, who will make suggestions how to substitute the Brazilian driver until he returns, which I hope will be very soon. We'll make a decision when the time is right, considering that there's a break of a month now."

http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2009/7/9690.html

[The Professor]

http://www.planetf1.com/story/0,1895...456220,00.html

Felipe Massa's Formula One career appears to be hanging in the balance following confirmation he has suffered some damage to his left eye.

Massa is currently in intensive care at the AEK military hospital in Budapest after suffering a skull fracture following a freak accident on Saturday during qualifying for the Hungarian Grand Prix.

Although the 28-year-old, still in a medically-induced coma, has shown signs of improvement after undergoing emergency surgery, it has now emerged Massa may have sustained eye problems.

If that is the case, and the Brazilian is unable to see properly in the future, it will mean his days in motor racing are over.

Professor Robert Veres said: "He has suffered some damage to the eye.

"We don't know if he'll be able to race again.

"I don't know (if he can return). It's too early to say about his future.

"We don't know the extent of the damage. Without an operation it's very hard to evaluate its function."

Veres also confirmed on Monday afternoon Massa remained sedated "to protect his brain", which has apparently experienced some swelling, but he is out of serious danger.

Meanwhile, Ferrari President Luca di Montezemolo visited Massa in hospital on Monday and insisted no decisions would be taken over the Italian marque's direction for the rest of the season until the driver's situation was clarified.

"Our first priority is Felipe's recovery, Felipe's progress and so on," he said.

"Felipe's been an important member of the Ferrari family for many years, since he arrived as a kid, so we all hope he can come back soon."

Di Montezemlo added: "(Team principal Stefano) Domenicali has to think and make good proposals for the future.

"We don't want to wait too long for Felipe, but our first priority now is to find out about Felipe, and only at that moment will we take a decision."

Doesn't sound good

[StefanWolves]

If he has damaged his eye then it's game over for his racing days.

[CJW93]

Dosent look good, but i am still hopefull about seeing him next year in a ferrari

[Bef]

http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2009/7/9690.html

http://www.planetf1.com/story/0,1895...456220,00.html



Doesn't sound good

two very different accounts. the first sounds promising, the second doesnt... hope he recovers well.
the first one says hes moving his hands and feet, the second says they still hav him sedated?

[Rock]

First one is the official Formula One website. They are either trying to play it down, or PlanetF1 (second) is making way too much of it. Like Di Motezemlo said, we first have to found out about his condition.