Felipe Massa’s first stop in Hungary will be to meet with the marshals and medical staff who helped extract him from the car and care for him after his horrific accident at the track in 2009.
The Brazilian was left unconscious after a spring came loose from Rubens Barrichello’s Brawn car during qualifying – striking him in the head.
“Going back to Budapest will be a very special weekend for me,” Massa wrote in his Ferrari blog, “for reasons which you can all appreciate as it was there, just over a year ago, that I was seriously injured.
“My first meeting when I arrive at the Hungaroring circuit will be with all the marshals and medical staff who did such a very good job of carefully getting me out of the cockpit.
“I want to thank these people, with whom I now feel a special bond,” he continued.
The Ferrari driver, who looked set to win the German GP last weekend until team orders led to a switch with his team-mate, Fernando Alonso, is confident his F10 will improve once again as the Italian team are set to introduce yet more upgrades.
“There will be even more updates coming this weekend and the result last weekend is motivation for everyone in the team to keep pushing even harder to keep the momentum going, improving race by race.
“There are other reasons to be optimistic about this weekend, including the fact that Bridgestone is bringing its Super-Soft and Medium tyres that have always suited the F10 very well, so maybe we can have another very competitive race.”
