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Massa targets Brazilian GP comeback; as I predicted....
Topic Started: Aug 18 2009, 07:06 PM (212 Views)
Rob
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http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/77739

"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."


I hope he wins (obviously)
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I'd actually like Rubens to win the Brazilian GP, after breaking down while in the lead so many times. But if Massa returns for that race, it wouldn't exactly be unwelcome to see him win it.
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As Felipe said .....its not up to him its up to the Doctors ....so who knows ..

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Red Andy,Aug 18 2009
08:13 PM
I'd actually like Rubens to win the Brazilian GP, after breaking down while in the lead so many times. But if Massa returns for that race, it wouldn't exactly be unwelcome to see him win it.

meh.

I'll be happy to see the lad back, I wish him no ill but there are a number of other drivers I'd rather see win.

Christmas is cancelled until further notice - and the tooth fairy is really your mother.
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I wish him all the luck in the world for his comeback, I just hope he doesn't rush it. The last thing he needs is to come back before he is ready. Still, to return at the Brazilian GP would be fitting for the lad, kind of like some sort of home coming.
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I'd like to see Barrichello win in Brazil too. That said, the Brawn is currently about the fourth fastest car, so unless they improve then it's not going to happen.
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AndyW76,Aug 19 2009
11:22 AM
I wish him all the luck in the world for his comeback, I just hope he doesn't rush it. The last thing he needs is to come back before he is ready. Still, to return at the Brazilian GP would be fitting for the lad, kind of like some sort of home coming.

Apparently as well as the skull fracture in the area where the spring hit him, Massa also suffered a basal skull fracture that has been described as "not a hairline fracture."

As we know, a basal skull fracture is the injury that killed Roland Ratzenberger, Dale Earnhardt Sr. and others. If Massa really did suffer a similar injury then it's vital that it heals fully before he returns to the car.
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RJHSaints,Aug 19 2009
10:36 AM
I'd like to see Barrichello win in Brazil too. That said, the Brawn is currently about the fourth fastest car, so unless they improve then it's not going to happen.

It's not that I don't want barichello to win in brazil, I just don't think he can. First of all, he seems to have the most attrocious luck. Also, he has sort of soiled himself with the team and thirdly, I'm willing to bet that the Brazilian GP will be a tense title decider and team orders may come in to play.
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Red Andy,Aug 19 2009
07:36 AM
AndyW76,Aug 19 2009
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I wish him all the luck in the world for his comeback, I just hope he doesn't rush it. The last thing he needs is to come back before he is ready. Still, to return at the Brazilian GP would be fitting for the lad, kind of like some sort of home coming.

Apparently as well as the skull fracture in the area where the spring hit him, Massa also suffered a basal skull fracture that has been described as "not a hairline fracture."

As we know, a basal skull fracture is the injury that killed Roland Ratzenberger, Dale Earnhardt Sr. and others. If Massa really did suffer a similar injury then it's vital that it heals fully before he returns to the car.

Did not know that. I wonder if it happened at impact w/ the tire wall.
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I would have expected that his hans device would have prevented any neck injury/basal skull fracture from the wall impact. I think all his injuries were from direct helmet impact, with the debris and his steering wheel, though I'm not sure how that causes a basal skull fracture.
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Compression fracture maybe?
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It's not a good idea. There is no point in him racing again this season. What if he has another accident? Much rather wait until next year and be 100% recovered than risk putting himself out of the running for next season by rushing back to the track this year.
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Rob,Aug 19 2009
02:32 PM
Compression fracture maybe?

That could well be. I haven't found any recent references to it. As I understand it, a basal skull fracture is where there is a break in the spinal cord at V1 or V2 whre the skull is effectively severed from the vertebrae and is usually cause by an excessive strain to the neck in an upwards and forward dirrection at the same time, i.e. the joint between the neck and head is put under a very high load. This is common from head on impacts on ovals where the car is on a banking or where the car impacts a wall with the nose pointing slightly down relative to the plain of impact (i.e. the wall - this is what happened to Rodrigez at the Cork Screw). Of course, these are not exclusively causes of basal skull fractures, any large force in the right direction can cause them.
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Alien_SAP_Fiend,Aug 19 2009
03:25 PM
It's not a good idea. There is no point in him racing again this season. What if he has another accident? Much rather wait until next year and be 100% recovered than risk putting himself out of the running for next season by rushing back to the track this year.

If he passes all the necessary medicals, I don't see any reason to put off his return. Nowadays the criteria for passing a driver fit to race is very stringent. Remember Kubica's frustration at being kept out at Indy in 2007 on the doctor's say so.

If you read the book Rapid Response, it gives quite an insight into racing car black boxes and injury detection in modern racing.
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I agree w/ Andy, no doc is going to clear Massa if they aren't 100% sure he can go, they wouldn't want to be on the hook for it.
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