The doctor treating Felipe Massa in a Budapest hospital has said he could leave hospital within 10 days.
Brazilian driver expected to "walk out of hospital on his own"
The doctor treating Felipe Massa in a Budapest hospital has said he could leave hospital within 10 days.
Speaking on Tuesday, Peter Bazso, who serves as medical director of the AEK hospital, added the Brazilian driver was recovering well following his qualifying accident at the Hungarian Grand Prix.
"My expectation is that he would walk out of the hospital on his own," Dr Bazso told television station
M1.
"If his recovery continues at this pace, I wouldn't rule out that he could leave within 10 days."
The Ferrari driver suffered a fractured skull on Saturday when he was hit just above his left eye by a bouncing spring, weighing almost a kilo, that broke free from compatriot Rubens Barrichello's Brawn GP car.
"He's spending more and more time awake, talking to family and friends," Dr Bazso said, adding that they could begin "mobilising him" within a few days.
Doctors brought Massa, last year's championship runner-up, out of an artificial coma on Monday and also took him off a respirator.
"I would like to point out that although he's recovering, this is not the end of the story, he is still in a life-threatening condition," Dr Bazso added.
"Of course, the danger is decreasing by the day."
With speculation surfacing on Monday regarding Massa's future in the sport, Dr Bazso re-iterated that it was still too early to predict whether lasting damage had been caused.
Former Ferrari team boss and current FIA presidential candidate Jean Todt is among those expected to visit Massa on Tuesday.
