We all know how dangerous a sport motor racing is, with Formula One right up there due to the speeds the drivers travel at. Although the sport has endeavored to introduce many new safety features over the past few years, danger still exists round every corner.
As has been the case today in Budapest during the qualifying session for the Grand Prix of Hungary. On first viewing the crash looks mild and nothing to write home about, but watch again more carefully and the problem becomes clear.
Felipe Massa, the Brazilian driver for Ferrari, was hit on the head by a piece of flying debris from Rubens Barrichello’s Brawn GP car. In the video, you can see a spring hit Massa in the chin, which affects him enough to take him off the track and into a tire wall.
Luckily, Massa is thought to be doing fine in hospital, talking and having sustained no serious injury. But it could have been a lot worse for him. Henry Surtees died after being hit on the head by a wheel last week during a Formula Two race at Brands Hatch. And he was just 18-years-old.
