Formula One is in Budapest this weekend for the Hungarian Grand Prix. Qualifying took place on Saturday, and it was marred by a wreck involving Felipe Massa.
The Ferrari driver missed a curb and slammed into the wall. Replays indicated that Massa was struck in the head by a spring that had fallen off a fellow competitor's car. Video after the jump.
Massa is said to be in stable condition. He was conscious at the track. Speculation is that he was dazed when the spring struck his helmet, and that's what caused the car to hit the wall.
The crash caused a delay of close to a half-hour in qualifying.
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7-25-2009 @ 3:43PM
speedking1964 said...
Where the heck did that spring come from?!?!?
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7-25-2009 @ 5:00PM
strum said...
It broke off of Rubens Barrichello's car.
7-25-2009 @ 9:20PM
nzcr14 said...
I'M SURPRISED AND GLAD THAT THE MASSA DRIVER DID NOT END UP DEAD LIKE THE SORTYES DRIVER.
FORMULA 1-2 are a safety negligent sponsored suicidal POOR MAN sport AND SHALL BE OUTLAWED IN EVERY COUNTRY!!!!.
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7-26-2009 @ 12:48AM
Susan said...
Fanhouse should update the post when events involving health change dramatically. Massa had emergency surgery for life-threatening skull injuries plus a concussion. He's stable but in intensive care. A forehead skull fracture and a basal skull fracture is more than dazed.
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7-27-2009 @ 8:34AM
Drakkon said...
AOL would have moment by moment updates if Jeff Gordan wet his bed. But a race that a quarter billion people watched yesterday? No, that's on the fourth page.
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