Massa Brazilian GP comeback??
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Felipe Massa is targeting a comeback at this year's Brazilian Grand Prix as he continues to make good progress in his recovery from the head injury he sustained in Hungary three weeks ago.
The Brazilian sustained a brain concussion and damage to his skull and left eye after being struck on the helmet by a spring that had fallen out of Rubens Barrichello's car.
Massa is now recovering at home after being released from the Albert Einstein hospital in Sao Paulo two weeks ago, and is hoping to return to Formula 1 as soon as possible - targeting his home race in October.
"I cannot wait to race again, I hope I can do the Brazilian Grand Prix," Massa told Brazilian television channel Globo. "But it's not for me to say, it's for the doctors, and I have to show I can be ready for the grand prix."
He will have to pass an FIA medical test and an eye examination before he will be allowed back into a Formula 1 car.
"I think I am going to do some laps in a go-kart beforehand, then I will go to the FIA to do the examinations and get the authorisation to come back to racing."
Massa says he has no recollections of the accident itself, and just remembers waking up in the hospital in Hungary.
"I lived the accident, but I slept," he said. "I didn't see the spring. Many people ask me: 'the spring came, did you not see it?' But I didn't see it hit me, I didn't see anything. The spring just hit my head and I slept. The car crashed and I carried on accelerating but it almost wasn't me that was doing it. It looks like I move my hands, but I was sleeping.
"When I woke in hospital, I felt that everything was working. I saw that my eye was really really big, but I was breathing and thinking. I could move my arms, I could move my legs, I could move everything."
He confirmed that Barrichello feels no guilt over the incident after he was visited at home by his fellow Brazilian last week.
"Not at all," Massa added. "He didn't even know that I was behind him. It's not a problem at all. We are really good friends and what happened was going to happen, it could have been the spring from anyone."
Massa also said he had been touched by the response from his fans in his native Brazil.
"I had an idea, but the moment I got back to Brazil after the accident everyone was clapping me and shouting and hoping for me to get better and come back and race," he said. "It's a unique feeling and I keep saying 'thank you' all the time."
Source - http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/77739
The Brazilian sustained a brain concussion and damage to his skull and left eye after being struck on the helmet by a spring that had fallen out of Rubens Barrichello's car.
Massa is now recovering at home after being released from the Albert Einstein hospital in Sao Paulo two weeks ago, and is hoping to return to Formula 1 as soon as possible - targeting his home race in October.
"I cannot wait to race again, I hope I can do the Brazilian Grand Prix," Massa told Brazilian television channel Globo. "But it's not for me to say, it's for the doctors, and I have to show I can be ready for the grand prix."
He will have to pass an FIA medical test and an eye examination before he will be allowed back into a Formula 1 car.
"I think I am going to do some laps in a go-kart beforehand, then I will go to the FIA to do the examinations and get the authorisation to come back to racing."
Massa says he has no recollections of the accident itself, and just remembers waking up in the hospital in Hungary.
"I lived the accident, but I slept," he said. "I didn't see the spring. Many people ask me: 'the spring came, did you not see it?' But I didn't see it hit me, I didn't see anything. The spring just hit my head and I slept. The car crashed and I carried on accelerating but it almost wasn't me that was doing it. It looks like I move my hands, but I was sleeping.
"When I woke in hospital, I felt that everything was working. I saw that my eye was really really big, but I was breathing and thinking. I could move my arms, I could move my legs, I could move everything."
He confirmed that Barrichello feels no guilt over the incident after he was visited at home by his fellow Brazilian last week.
"Not at all," Massa added. "He didn't even know that I was behind him. It's not a problem at all. We are really good friends and what happened was going to happen, it could have been the spring from anyone."
Massa also said he had been touched by the response from his fans in his native Brazil.
"I had an idea, but the moment I got back to Brazil after the accident everyone was clapping me and shouting and hoping for me to get better and come back and race," he said. "It's a unique feeling and I keep saying 'thank you' all the time."
Source - http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/77739
I think he'll need a check-up from the neck-up if he does.
Personally, with all the stresses put on an F1 driver, I think he should write off the season completely and make double sure he's recouperated before coming back.
I'm sure it would be nice to appear infront of his home fans but his health should come first!
Personally, with all the stresses put on an F1 driver, I think he should write off the season completely and make double sure he's recouperated before coming back.
I'm sure it would be nice to appear infront of his home fans but his health should come first!
Racing drivers (and probalby other sportsman) regularly recover form serious injuries far quicker than the medical profession thinks they will and a lot quicker than the likes of you and me. This is probably due to a combination of three things:
Their overall level of fitness
Their commitment and determination
The ignorance of the medical profession
He will not be back before he is fit enough but I would not be surprised to see him back by Brazil, if not before.
Their overall level of fitness
Their commitment and determination
The ignorance of the medical profession
He will not be back before he is fit enough but I would not be surprised to see him back by Brazil, if not before.
profstoff said:
Racing drivers (and probalby other sportsman) regularly recover form serious injuries far quicker than the medical profession thinks they will and a lot quicker than the likes of you and me. This is probably due to a combination of three things:
Their overall level of fitness
Their commitment and determination
The ignorance of the medical profession
He will not be back before he is fit enough but I would not be surprised to see him back by Brazil, if not before.
I agree with some of that. I wouldn't say that 'Ignorance of the medical profession' makes someone recover quicker. Get back in a car quicker maybe though.Their overall level of fitness
Their commitment and determination
The ignorance of the medical profession
He will not be back before he is fit enough but I would not be surprised to see him back by Brazil, if not before.
That said, I like to see them have a degree of backbone but head injuries are tricky and often take a long time for permanent recovery so i'd be surprised if he's back for Brazil.
Fire99 said:
profstoff said:
Racing drivers (and probalby other sportsman) regularly recover form serious injuries far quicker than the medical profession thinks they will and a lot quicker than the likes of you and me. This is probably due to a combination of three things:
Their overall level of fitness
Their commitment and determination
The ignorance of the medical profession
He will not be back before he is fit enough but I would not be surprised to see him back by Brazil, if not before.
I wouldn't say that 'Ignorance of the medical profession' makes someone recover quicker.Their overall level of fitness
Their commitment and determination
The ignorance of the medical profession
He will not be back before he is fit enough but I would not be surprised to see him back by Brazil, if not before.
That said I am amazed by people's recoveries these days, Andy Neate is one example and we have had a couple of people at work who have recently suffered what a few years ago would have been fatal or severely debilitating injuries and who are on their way to a full recovery.
Back on topic, I will be extremely pleased when Massa returns and I think he's looking much better in the picture posted above than in the ones when he was discharged.
CommanderJameson said:
That's going to leave a very manly scar.
"Oh, this? Got this when I was shark wrestling. What? Oh, all right. I actually got it when I was hit in the face by a spring. Yes, I prefer the shark wrestling story, too."
Nar, "Oh, this? Got this when I was shark wrestling. What? Oh, all right. I actually got it when I was hit in the face by a spring. Yes, I prefer the shark wrestling story, too."
"I got this from head butting a part off another car at over 160mph whilst qualifying my F1 Ferrari."
Now the only thing I could think of that would be more manly or cool than that would be if he were able to add "...at Spa", "...at Silverstone" or "...at Monza" to the end of that sentence. "...at the Hungaroring" just doesn't quite fit in though.
In many cases 'Ignorance of the medical profession' is the athlete or their management ignoring the medical profession's far better educated opinion, many sportsmen come back sooner than the medical recommendations and end up half crippled by middle age. It's the risk they take to make the best of their short time at the top, it doesn't necessarily mean the medics in question are wrong.
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