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Massa in life-threatening condition after surgery
Published in Saudi Press Agency on 25 - 07 - 2009


Felipe Massa was in
«life-threatening» condition after undergoing emergency
surgery on a skull fracture following a violent crash in
Hungarian Grand Prix qualifying on Saturday, AP reported.
«Massa's condition is serious, life-threatening but
stable,» AEK military hospital medical director Peter
Bazso said at a news conference. Bazso and chief surgeon
Lajos Zsiros said they expect the Brazilian driver to be
awakened on Sunday.
They said Massa will be kept sedated on a respirator
overnight in the intensive care unit.
Ferrari denied Massa's condition was life-threatening,
with team spokesman Luca Colajanni saying his state «was a
positive one.»
Massa underwent surgery one hour after arriving at AEK
hospital at 3:20 p.m. local time, the doctors said.
The 28-year-old Massa also suffered a concussion, but was
conscious and in stable condition when he was airlifted to
the hospital, Ferrari said.
A spring that had fallen off Rubens Barrichello's Formula
One car flew up and struck Massa in the helmet during
qualifying. An apparently dazed Massa continued straight
through a curb, across the track and through the gravel
area alongside the circuit before slamming into the tire
barrier.
The impact of the rear suspension part _ a standard
component which Brawn GP team principal Ross Brawn believed
was made of steel _ damaged the left side of Massa's
helmet, ripping out the visor and leaving a long dent on
its side. Blood was seen above Massa's left brow.
«Following a complete medical examination it emerged that
he had suffered a cut on his forehead, a bone damage of his
skull and a brain concussion,» Ferrari said in a
statement.
Barrichello, a fellow Brazilian, went to the medical
center to check on Massa's condition and said the Ferrari
driver appeared to be doing fine despite the cut above his
left eye.
«He was in shock,» Barrichello told The Associated
Press. «Considering the gravity of the accident, I think
he's in OK shape.»
Massa appeared to regain consciousness just before the
crash at turn No. 4 as his front brakes seemed to lock
ahead of the violent impact.
He remained in the car for a considerable time and was
assisted out before being taken to the medical center. He
was then taken to the helicopter on a stretcher, wearing a
neckbrace.
The crash shredded the front of his Ferrari, with both
tires gone and the front nose open.
The crash came less than a week after Henry Surtees, the
son of former F1 champion John Surtees, died in an F2 race
last Sunday. Surtees was struck in the head by a tire from
another car, causing him to lose consciousness and drive
into a barrier.
«It is not a coincidence that something happened right
now,» Barrichello told reporters. «Something needs to be
done. Yes, absolutely.»
No F1 driver has died on the track since three-time
champion Ayrton Senna's crash at Imola 15 years ago.
The accident was also reminiscent of Heikki Kovalainen's
high-speed crash at last year's Spanish GP, when the
McLaren driver slammed into a wall at high speed.
Kovalainen spent the night in a hospital with a concussion.
«What happened to me in Barcelona was a very nasty
accident. But I think it was a pretty freak accident and I
don't know how to prevent that,» Kovalainen said. «It was
very unfortunate. But I think we should discuss it.»
Surtees' death led drivers to discuss the issue of debris
and head safety at length during their usual pre-race
meeting on Friday.
Renault's Fernando Alonso took pole position for Sunday's
race after qualifying was delayed for nearly 30 minutes
because of Massa's accident.


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