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Ferrari driver Massa released from hospital

Injured Ferrari Formula One driver Felipe Massa prepares to depart on a private jet to Brazil at Budapest airport after being released from hospital August 3, 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.(Xinhua/Reuters Photo)

Formula One driver Felipe Massa has left hospital and flew home after seriously injured in the Hungarian Grand Prix last week.
Massa, accompanied by his wife Rafaela and his doctor, went home aboard his private jet on Monday, according to the AFP.

Injured Ferrari Formula One driver Felipe Massa (C) is pictured after his release from hospital before departing on a private jet to Brazil from Budapest airport August 3, 2009. Massa suffered a head injury on July 25 at the Hungarian Grand Prix and spent several days in a coma and on a respirator.(Xinhua/Reuters Photo)

Brazilian Massa, 28, fractured his skull in an accident during qualifying for the Hungarian Grand Prix.
He spent several days in an induced coma and on a respirator but was released from an intensive care unit at the Budapest hospital on Wednesday.