Felipe Massa has been hospitalised after a high speed crash during the qualifying sessions at the Hungaroring this afternoon, the Brazilian driver was hit by debris from another car on the Hungaroring circuit and his Ferrari F60 suffered a big impact with a tyre wall. A component came off Ruben's Barrichello's Brawn GP car and appeared to fly up into the air before hitting the Ferrari driver on the helmet, momentarily dazing him, although he seemed to brake before hitting the tyre wall.

Massa was airlifted to hospital immediately following the accident and later on this afternoon Ferrari released this statement: "After the accident during the qualifying session of the Grand Prix of Hungary , Felipe Massa was airlifted to the AEK hospital in Budapest. Felipe was conscious at the arrival at the hospital and his general conditions remain stable. Following a complete medical examination it emerged that he had suffered a cut on his forehead, a bone damage of his skull and a brain concussion. These conditions need to be operated on after which he will remain under observation in intensive care."

Meanwhile team mate Kimi Raikkonen placed his Ferrari F60 onto the fourth row of the grid for tomorrow's Hungarian Grand Prix after setting the seventh fastest time in the Q3 session. "Felipe was just very unlucky," Raikkonen commented after qualifying was over. "It was just an unlucky situation." Massa was actually credited with the tenth best time as his accident occurred once he had made it through to the final shoot out.