What a lucky escape - Massa crash

[Gatecrasher]

i peice of suspension came off barrichello's car hit massa, dazed him and flew into a tyre wall and with the way surtee's dies last week and massa in a stable condition in hospital he was lucky to get away from it

see:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/8168855.stm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/kent/8158445.stm

[ScottB]

Not out of the woods yet, Ferrari report he is to undergo surgery due to skull damage and brain concussion.

[OtterHibee]

Bloody hell :bitchy:

Just goes to show that even with all the safety advances that have been brought into F1 in recent years, there still remains significant risks out on the track.

Hopefully he'll make a full and speedy recovery. All the best, Felipe.

[Gatecrasher]

Not out of the woods yet, Ferrari report he is to undergo surgery due to skull damage and brain concussion.

hope he recovers, he is very talented, theres a rumour that ferrari wont race tomorrow but i dont know how much truth is in that


Bloody hell :bitchy:

Just goes to show that even with all the safety advances that have been brought into F1 in recent years, there still remains significant risks out on the track.

Hopefully he'll make a full and speedy recovery. All the best, Felipe.

:agree:

theres not been a death in F1 since senna 1994 i think - and some of the crashes since then have been massive, kubica 2007 springs to mind but theres still some things that you cant prevent

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTQBVDV1E7s

[ScottB]

Reports are saying the surgery was a success and there is no brain damage.

[(((Fergus)))]

The similarity with the Surtees crash is uncanny (debris to the head)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6zKHMRMRbQ

[Gatecrasher]

SSN reporting a life threatning condition

nothing on bbc or ferrari sites yet though - fingers crossed

[ScottB]

SSN reporting a life threatning condition

nothing on bbc or ferrari sites yet though - fingers crossed

SSN as usual not knowing the score.

He's stable and will be woken tomorrow. Obviously the condition is life threatening in that it was a head injury and all such things are labelled so, it's not like he's in a critical condition though.

[Gatecrasher]

SSN as usual not knowing the score.

He's stable and will be woken tomorrow. Obviously the condition is life threatening in that it was a head injury and all such things are labelled so, it's not like he's in a critical condition though.


i was just reading other news sources and got that impression TBH

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/C/CAR_F1_MASSA_CRASH?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

[NOLA]

Get well soon Felipe, heres to a speedy recovery:thumbsup:

[(((Fergus)))]

The latest from the track on Massa (http://www.jamesallenonf1.com/2009/07/the-latest-from-the-track-on-massa/)

Posted on | July 25, 2009 | by James Allen (http://javascript%3Cb%3E%3C/b%3E:;)


Felipe Massa has been operated on this evening and is now in an induced coma in the AEK Hospital in Budapest.

An inaccurate report from AP this evening suggested that his condition was life threatening but this is not the case. The operation was successful and he is likely to be woken tomorrow.

Medical estimates of how long he will be out of action vary from two months, to longer. It has been suggested by one doctor here that he may miss the rest of the season. More will be known when the medically induced coma ends and the medics can assess the amount of bruising to the front of the brain.

The 28 year old was hit in the head by a spring which had fallen from the rear suspension of Rubens Barrichello’s Brawn car. He was on a lap heading back to the pits and was four seconds behind Barrichello on the road, when the spring became detached. It bounced down the road for four seconds and hit Massa in the head. He was briefly knocked unconscious and his feet went onto the brake and throttle simultaneously.

The data says that he applied 60bar of pressure to the brake, which is the equivalent of laying his foot on it gently, while the throttle was effectively jammed on.

Ross Brawn tonight explained that the spring was from the third damper and is made of steel and weighs around a kilogramme.

“The damper is still attached but the cap had come off and the spring escaped,” said Brawn. “I don’t know the full details but it was a freak accident.”

Brawn replaced the spring on Jenson Button’s car just in case, but Brawn said that this did not affect the balance of the car for Button’s final qualifying run.

He said that he had never experienced a spring detaching itself in all his years in F1 engineering. He added that he thought that the work done on making helmets safer had been ‘essential’ in this situation.

[Gatecrasher]

Cheers fergus that's good news

[ScottB]

He was woken today, had a second test which was clear and has been put back into a coma for the next 48 hours, but will be woken periodically for further tests.

Sounds like he is ok, the question now is recovery time.