Williams driver Felipe Massa says he was “screaming” his concerns about the conditions at the Japanese Grand Prix before Jules Bianchi suffered a severe head injury in a crash yesterday.

Bianchi, 25, who drives for the Banbury-based Marussia team, hit a recovery vehicle that was attending an earlier incident at the rain-affected race at Suzuka.

Massa, whose team are based at Grove, is the last driver to suffer a serious injury in Formula 1, and had already expressed concerns before the accident.

“I’m worried,” he said. “I was already screaming on the radio five laps before the safety car that there was too much water on the track.”

Frenchman Bianchi has undergone surgery in hospital and was last night due to be transferred to intensive care.

Massa, who suffered a fractured skull during qualifying for the 2009 Hungarian Grand Prix when a spring from another car hit his helmet, added: “They took a bit too long (to bring out the safety car) and it was dangerous. So we saw that there were some crashes.”

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