Felipe Massa has said he hopes to return to Formula One in time for his home grand prix in Brazil in October.
Ferrari driver hopes to be back in October
Felipe Massa has said he hopes to return to Formula One in time for his home grand prix in Brazil in October.
The Ferrari driver has been out of action since last month's Hungarian Grand Prix after suffering a fractured skull, concussion and an injured left eye in an accident during qualifying.
Massa has made rapid progress in the three weeks since the accident and told Brazilian television channel
Globo he is already thinking about returning to the track.
"I cannot wait to race again, I hope I can do the Brazilian Grand Prix," Massa said. "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."
Massa will face stringent checks before he is allowed to race again but is nevertheless confident he will recover in time for the Interlagos race.
"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," he said.
No recollection
Last season's Championship runner-up said he had no recollection of the crash, caused after he was struck on the helmet by a spring which had worked loose from Rubens Barrichello's Brawn GP car.
"I lived the accident, but I slept," he added. "I didn't see the spring. Many people ask me: 'the spring came, did you not see it?' But I didn't see it hit me, I didn't see anything. The spring just hit my head and I slept.
"The car crashed and I carried on accelerating but it almost wasn't me that was doing it. It looks like I move my hands, but I was sleeping.
"When I woke in hospital, I felt that everything was working. I saw that my eye was really really big, but I was breathing and thinking. I could move my arms, I could move my legs, I could move everything."
Luca Badoer will replace Massa at this weekend's European Grand Prix after Michael Schumacher's proposed comeback was ended by a neck injury.
