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Massa: Full recovery for damaged eye

Felipe Massa was delighted to learn that his left eye, badly affected in his qualifying crash in Hungary 11 weeks ago, has now fully healed. The Brazilian attended a Paris hospital on Friday in order to undergo further medical tests.

Having suffered the freak accident at the Hungaroring on 25 July, Massa has since missed five Grands Prix as his recuperation continued at home in Brazil; upon arriving at Ferrari Maranello base this week, the Brazilian's wound was visually much improved following cosmetic surgery in Miami.

Massa's eyesight and career have been spared by a matter of millimetres

However, after attending the Pitié Salpetrière hospital in the French capital for FIA-appointed medical tests, doctors revealed that the Ferrari driver's eye has now fully recovered, after the heavy blow from an airborne steel spring weighing 800g had initially risked full loss of sight in the region affected.

Massa is due to take to the wheel of the F2007 Ferrari in Italy next week, with Monday currently pencilled in as the most likely day.

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