Massa 'stable' following crash

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Massa's skull was fractured in two places and he suffered concussion in the high speed crash. The Brazilian, 28, was hit on the head by flying debris before driving into a tyre wall in the second qualifying session at the Hungaroring.

He was treated at the track then underwent emergency surgery at Budapest's AEK military hospital where he will be kept under observation overnight. A Ferrari official described the operation as a "success".

A hospital spokesman said: "At the time he was admitted to hospital his condition was stable and his breathing and blood circulation was normal.

"During the course of his examination they established that he had suffered serious, life-threatening injuries including loss of consciousness and a fracture of the forehead on the left side and a fracture on the base of the skull.

"After the operation he is being cared for in intensive care and now he is in stable, satisfactory condition."

The crash occurred in the final moments of the middle 15-minute period of qualifying, with Massa struck by a spring - which can weigh anything up to a kilogram - that had worked loose from Rubens Barrichello's Brawn GP.

The spring bounced along the Hungaroring track and flew over the front of Massa's Ferrari, striking the Brazilian on the helmet just over his left eye.

Massa appeared to be knocked unconscious, with his right foot jamming down on the throttle as he drove straight into a tyre barrier.

With the Brazilian stricken in the car, photographs later emerged showing a fist-sized dent in his helmet, and with the visor up, there was a large cut over a blackened left eye. Massa was attended to by trackside medics before being taken to the circuit's medical centre, then on to hospital for further examination 22 minutes after his shunt.