Felipe Massa

[Fernanernie]

Those that follow F1,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TeSkCvtOnU&feature=related

[waterbug1999]

From what I thought I read on the ticker, a spring came off an other car and hit him in the head..

[Fernanernie]

From what I thought I read on the ticker, a spring came off an other car and hit him in the head..

Out cold before the corner even came up. You can tell by both the gas and brake being on full through the telemetry.

Spring came off of Rubens Barrichello's car, hit just before the cockpit (As I highlighted in the pic, ricocheted up to the drivers cockpit hitting the side protector and Massa's helmet

[waterbug1999]

Did he die?

[Odrapnew]

Massa has been taken to hospital but his injuries are not though to be serious.

Found this on a youtube description.

[Fernanernie]

Did he die?

So far not yet, although he's not exactly going to be doing handstands in the near future.

There have been varying reports from just loss of consciousness, to cracked skull, to brain damage, to the Dale Earnhardt Special (Basal Skull Fracture). Everybody is being rather tight lipped of the actual status

[supercharged024]

Open wheel cars are stupid. Sure the spring could have come off a Nascar car too, but it's not gonna hit you in the head.

[Out nda sticks]

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/77321

Massa to remain in coma for 48 hours

By Jonathan Noble Sunday, July 26th 2009, 12:15 GMT


Felipe Massa will remain in an induced coma for another 48 hours to aid his recovery, hospital officials in Budapest have confirmed.

Although Massa was woken up briefly on Sunday morning, the AEK Hospital's medical director Peter Bazso said on Sunday that the Brazilian would remain induced for another two days.

Bazso said that Massa remained in intensive care in a stable condition, but that there had been reassuring results at least from the surgery on a skull fracture and brain concussion.

"It brought the result that we had expected concerning an injury of this type," Bazso was quoted as saying.

However he said that Massa remained in an acute phase of treatment.

Following tests conducted on Sunday, Bazso said that Massa had not sustained any neurological damage as a result of the crash, which was caused when he was hit on the head by a spring from Rubens Barrichello's Brawn GP car.

[Fernanernie]

Open wheel cars are stupid. Sure the spring could have come off a Nascar car too, but it's not gonna hit you in the head.

Sorry, but F1 > ASSCAR

Thanks for the report Out nda sticks

[Out nda sticks]

your welcome

[MaxHarvard]

Pffttt... you guys need to dig more... here's the aftermath.

[OrangeCrush 86]

Hmm, I can't find the video.

[Max Power]

Pffttt... you guys need to dig more... here's the aftermath.

Yowza.

I tuned in and WTF?

Senna died this way.

BTW, NASCAR has had more deaths this decade that F1 and Indy combined.

[ACRucrazy]

I saw this on the news. Crazy.

[Newbomb Turk]

Video no longer there.