BRAZIL / MOTOR RACING: Injured Brazilian Ferrari driver Felipe Massa returns to Brazil to recover at home

Record ID: 739194

  • Title: BRAZIL / MOTOR RACING: Injured Brazilian Ferrari driver Felipe Massa returns to Brazil to recover at home
  • Date: 4th August 2009
  • Summary: SAO PAULO, BRAZIL (AUGUST 03, 2009) (REUTERS - ACESS ALL) AIRPORT CONTROL TOWER EXTERIOR OF GUARULHOS AIRPORT, WHERE FERRARI FORMULA ONE PILOT FELIPE MASSA LANDED IN A PRIVATE JET GENERAL VIEW OF AIRPORT PEOPLE INSIDE AIRPORT CHECK-IN DESK PLANE ON TARMAC VARIOUS OF TARMAC SEEN FROM INSIDE AIRPORT MASSA'S PRIVATE JET ON AIR BASE TARMAC PHOTOGRAPHER HELICOPTER WITH MASSA TAKING OFF FROM AIR BASE VARIOUS OF EXTERIOR OF HOSPITAL WHERE MASSA WILL UNDERGO TESTS VARIOUS OF REPORTERS OUTSIDE HOSPITAL ENTRANCE VARIOUS OF MASSA GREETING REPORTERS INSIDE HOSPITAL VARIOUS OF EXTERIOR OF HOSPITAL
  • Embargoed: 19th August 2009 13:00
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  • Topics: Sports
  • Reuters ID: LVAXQT3VWTSPUR5ICIIVRV4CE05
  • Story Text: Injured Ferrari driver Felipe Massa landed in Sao Paulo's airport in Brazil on Monday (August 3) night and headed immediately to a hospital where he will undergo further tests in the next two days.
    Massa, who fractured his skull in an accident during qualifying at last month's Hungarian Grand Prix, arrived in a private plane along with his doctor at the Guarulhos military air base.
    The 28-year-old was taken to the hospital, where he will undergo more tests before returning home on Wednesday to finish recovering.
    Before going to his room, Massa greeted fans and reporters gathered in front of the hospital, but did not give interviews.
    Massa, last year's championship runner-up, spent several days in an induced coma and on a respirator before being released from an intensive care unit last Wednesday.
    No timetable has been given yet for the pilot's return to Formula One, but doctors said they expect him to make a full recovery. Retired seven-time world champion Michael Schumacher will fill in for Massa until he is fully recovered.
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