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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.
F1 : Felipe Massa accident
Felipe Massa
Felipe Massa already considering a return to the competition and asked, jokingly, to let Michael Schumacher away from his car, according to what his doctor said Thursday.
The Brazilian driver was speaking as he is recovering slowly from the accident suffered last week during the qualifications for the Hungarian Grand Prix.
Dr. Dino Altman said that Massa had started to eat normally, he took a few steps in his hospital room and had shower by himself. It would appear that the pilot will have `no problem in the left eye. Doctors feared that the eye has been affected in the accident.
Massa is recovering from multiple skull fractures in hospital AEK Budapest, where he underwent surgery. The 28-year-old athlete suffered its fractures when he was struck in the head by debris detached from another car. He then struck a barrier of tires.
Felipe Massa
Doctors have ruled out a return to Formula 1 this season, but Altman said Massa launched a few warnings to Schumacher, it means that his return could be short-lived.
The Ferrari team announced Wednesday that the seven-time world champion would end his retirement to replace Massa until it is ready to resume driving. The German should be the next Grand Prix, one of Europe presented in Valencia, Spain, August 23