Massa released from Sao Paulo hospital

Massa released from Sao Paulo hospital

RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug. 4 -- Brazilian Formula One ace Felipe Massa was released on Tuesday from the Alberto Einstein Hospital in Sao Paulo.


Brazilian Formula One driver Felipe Massa of the Ferrari team gives the thumbs up as he arrives at a hospital in Sao Paulo August 3, 2009.

The Ferrari driver arrived in Sao Paulo on Monday after the nine-day stay in the AEK Hospital in Budapest, Hungary following his skull surgery.

Massa had his stitches removed from his left forehead where his eyebrow split open and he received his cranial fractures due to the serious crash he suffered during the time trails at the Grand Prix of Hungary on July 25.

After passing a series of tests carried out over the past 24 hours, Massa was released and free to go home.


Dino Altmann, personal physician of injured Ferrari driver Felipe Massa, speaks to the media at the Albert Einstein Hospital in Sao Paulo, August 4, 2009. Massa suffered a head injury on July 25 at the qualifying for the Hungarian Grand Prix and spent several days in a coma and on a respirator.

Leaving from an alternative exit from the hospital, Massa eluded the media and fans and went home in Botucatu in the interior of the state of Sao Paulo where he will begin his physical therapy on his road to recovery.

Massa was expected to stay at the Albert Einstein Hospital until Wednesday. However, Massa's quick recovery earned him the right to finally go home and rest for the first time in 11 days.
(Xinhua)