Ferrari's Felipe Massa will be kept under sedation for 48 hours after fracturing his skull in a freak accident at the Hungarian Grand Prix, a hospital doctor attending the Formula One driver said on Sunday.
Peter Bazso said the 28-year-old Brazilian was in a stable condition after surgery at Budapest's AEK military hospital on Saturday. A brain scan on Sunday had produced reassuring results.
"It brought the result that we had expected concerning an injury of this type," he said.
The doctor said Massa nonetheless remained in intensive care and in an "acute phase" of treatment.
He was woken from sedation briefly on Sunday after family members arrived, but then put back. The doctor said Massa will remain in that state for 48 hours before being awakened again.
Bazso declined to go into details about the length or type of further treatment.
Last year's championship runner-up was flown to hospital after being hit on the head by bouncing debris from compatriot Rubens Barrichello's Brawn during Saturday's qualifying.
A Defence Ministry official said on Saturday that the driver had been in a "serious, life-threatening condition" before the emergency operation.
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