According to a report on the BBC website the FIA is to conduct an investigation into the accident in which  Felipe Massa suffered a fractured skull after being  hit on the helmet by a spring that had fallen off Rubens Barrichello's Brawn GP car during Hungarian Grand Prix qualifying. The spring came off the car and bounced along the track until Massa's Ferrari came on to the scene four seconds later.

 The spring hit the front left-hand side of Massa's helmet when he was travelling at 162mph. His feet were on both the accelerator and the brake before he hit the barrier at Turn Four, at which point he had slowed to 62mph.

The probe will attempt to discover the causes of the incident and whether any changes are required to improve safety.

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