Felipe Massa Seriously Injured in Crash

Felipe Massa is in serious, life threatening, but stable condition following surgery for a head injury he recieved when he was struck in the helmet by a part that had apparently fallen from Rubens Barrichello's car in qualifying for the Hungarian Grand Prix.

Officials from the AEK military hospital, where Massa was airlifted after the accident, say he will be sedated and kept on a respirator at least until sometime Sunday.

During the Q2 qualifying session, Massa came out of turn 3 and a piece of debris bounced up from the track and hit him on the left side of his forehead. He then apparently was knocked unconcious as the car went straight on into the tire barrier at the next turn. The engine continuing to run, Massa just sat still in the cockpit. The medical officials got to him and removed him from the car and he was almost immediately airlifted to the AEK military hospital where he underwent the surgery.

This is the second race weekend in a row that a driver was hit in the head by a foreign object as last weeks F3 race when Henry Surtees lost his young life in a similar accident.

Ferarri will issue another update Sunday morning. Felipe and his family will be in our thoughts and prayers.