Felipe Massa told Brazilian TV station Globo on Monday that he was targeting a return to competitive Formula One action at his home Brazilian Grand Prix in mid October.

"I hope that I can be back at the Brazilian Grand Prix for my public, and perhaps even earlier," said the injured Ferrari driver

"If the doctors here in Brazil say it is OK I will first of all get into a kart," he said. The step after that is for the FIA's medical team to assess him.

"I can hardly wait to drive again," said Massa, "But it's not for me to say, it's for the doctors, and I have to show I can be ready for the grand prix."

When questioned about the accident he said "I lived the accident, but I slept,"

 "I didn't see the spring. Many people ask me: 'the spring came, did you not see it?' But I didn't see it hit me, I didn't see anything. The spring just hit my head and I slept. The car crashed and I carried on accelerating but it almost wasn't me that was doing it. It looks like I move my hands, but I was sleeping.

"When I woke in hospital, I felt that everything was working. I saw that my eye was really really big, but I was breathing and thinking. I could move my arms, I could move my legs, I could move everything."

Felipe said he had been touched by the response from his fans in his native Brazil.

"I had an idea, but the moment I got back to Brazil after the accident everyone was clapping me and shouting and hoping for me to get better and come back and race," he said. "It's a unique feeling and I keep saying 'thank you' all the time."

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