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Massa wants to run again
The Brazilian driver Felipe Massa of Ferrari, seriously injured in qualifications GP of Hungary July 25, said Sunday in a British tabloid that he “is lucky to be alive” but he had run well again.
“I know I’m lucky to be alive,” said Massa, 28 years, the weekly News of the World. I do not remember anything of the accident, but I will run again. ”
Felipe Massa
Struck more than 250 km / h in the helmet by a piece of the single spring of his friend and compatriot Rubens Barrichello (GP Brawn) who preceded him, Massa was built straight into a tire wall at 190 km / h. Operated from a fractured skull, it was placed two days in an artificial coma.
According to information provided by his personal physician, Dr. Dino Altmann, it is now “on the road to recovery” and should leave the hospital Monday where he is Hungarian soigné make back his convalescence in Brazil.
“When I woke up, I did not know I was in the hospital, so I asked ‘where am I?”. I tirais all tubes and Eduardo, my brother tried to stop myself ” said Massa, who will be replaced at the end of August in Valencia by the seven times world champion Michael Schumacher.
“The accident was really bad luck, but I know I’m lucky to be alive. It was my race. When I woke up, I could not believe when they told me that Lewis (Hamilton) had won and Kimi (Raikkonen) was second,” he insisted.
Schumacher Has Already Started Her Training in Mugello
The aim is to check if the injuries after his motorcycle accident affect your driving. Confirmed the replacement of Felipe Massa has already begun to train for his return to the asphalt in Valencia. The German has already shot a pilot with the Ferrari F2007 car for the Italian circuit of Mugello.
Because of the prohibition of testing sessions during the season, the German pilot run with the 2007 model, ie without aerodynamic modifications introduced in 2009 without tires Slicks. It will do as tester department “F1 Customers.” “It will give maximum number of turns possible to re-familiarize themselves with the challenge of driving an F1 car,” said his spokeswoman, Sabine Kehm.
The Maranello team’s objective is to verify that the Kaiser suffered injuries after a motorcycle accident in February may impact adversely on their performance during the upcoming GP of Europe. To improve the performance of the F60 system includes heavy kers, the heptacampeón the world has lost a few kilos.
Alain Prost, four times F1 world champion, was “very surprised” to learn of the return of German. “I do not understand their decision but respect it. Maybe I just wanted to help Ferrari because the other pilots, Badoer and Gene have been involved in some GP’s, but not as fast as Schumacher,” said Prost.
The reason for the return of the pilot Scuderia Cavallino seems more a question of loyalty than anything else. The German’s manager, Willi Weber, said that money had nothing to do with the “yes” to Ferrari. “To be honest, we have not talked about money, and we will not do so in the coming weeks. That is not what matters now,” he said. The Kaiser’s representative has denied rumors claiming that he would receive 5 million euros.