The Hungarian Grand Prix saw a mixture of emotions at the old order of Ferrari and McLaren worked their way back to the front and Brawn GP started to show some weakness and chinks in their armor.
Aside from the podium finish however, were several sides story that surrounded the weekend. Jaime Alguersuari is now the new Scudaria Toro Roso (Red Bull’s second string team) with the ousting of Sebastian Bourdais. The concord agreement is in the final stages of being signed. But the biggest news of the weekend was Filipe Massa’s accident. The Ferrari driver hit Rubens Barrichello’s spring that ejected from his car’s suspension, at high impact. Knocking the Brazilian unconscious he had a head-on collision with the tire wall. Emergency personnel moved to the Brazilian quickly and efficiently. He was airlifted to a hospital and had an emergency surgery done to relieve pressure on the brain and deal with his fractured skull. Althouh his health is improving, Ferrari seem optimistic on his return to Formula One however the doctors have yet to decide. We here at GripAndHammer.com wish Massa a fast recovery and a quick return to Ferrari.
Massa's Accident at the Hungaroring
The start of the Kimi was attempting to make up some grid position but got squeezed into other cars which brought an investigation and a decision to be determined at the end of the race by the stewards. They called it a racing accident and assest no penalty to Raikkonen or any of the cars involved.
Mark Webber was under investigation for aggressive driving while leaving the pit lane. We have yet to hear an official word on that action.
During the race, Fernando Alonso had a tire leave the car. The crew were unable to lock the wheel in place and two-thirds on the out-lap the Spaniard lost his front right wheel. Now the FIA have suspended them from the Valencia race but Renault have appealed the suspension.
So with Massa’s injury and time out, who will take his place? Also will this put on hold the Raikkonen rumors of his retirement and now it could be a Raikkonen and Alonso teaming up at Ferrari? Will there be any test drivers that will come forth to take the Brazilian’s place next to Kimi? There are four weeks till the next race so there’s time before Ferrari has to make a decision.
Raikkonen had a blistering pace the weekend and took second place to Louis Hamilton’s maden podium and win for 2009. It seems like the stars are finally start t align back up and everything is returning back to order. Now if Kimi can only get back on to the top of the podium… then it would be back to “perfect”.
