Seven-times Formula 1 world champion Michael Schumacher has canceled his comeback to Formula 1 with Ferrari plan due to health concerns.

The 40-year-old German Formula 1 driver was due to replace the injured Felipe Massa but with a neck injury sustained in a bike accident earlier this year still causing him pain during testing, Ferrari have given the seat to experienced test driver Luca Badoer.

Michael Schumacher had hoped to return for the European Grand Prix on August 23rd while Felipe Massa continued his rehabilitation from a fractured skull.

Ferrari have planned to draft in the seven-times world champion Michael Schumacher to substitute Felipe Massa at forthcoming Grands Prix, until Massa is able to race again.

Michael Schumacher, who retired from Formula 1 racing at the end of 2006, will undergo a special training program over the next few days to confirm he is fit enough to compete in next month’s European Grand Prix.

Schumacher has not driven Ferrari’s current F60 in anger and last tested for the Italian team, with whom he won five world titles, back in April 2008.

Renault's Fernando Alonso grabbed his pole position in today's Hungarian GP after a dramatic qualifying session at Hungaroring circuit, Budapest. Felipe Massa crashed his head in his Ferrari's car that made him transferred to the hospital. As news emerged that Massa was in a stable condition, Fernando Alonso went on to beat Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel to P1 by less than a tenth of a second. Felipe Massa hit the wall in Turn 4 after his helmet was struck by debris, believed to be a piece of suspension that had come loose from Rubens Barrichello's Brawn, knocking him out.

The Hungarian GP qualifying session ended in confusion after a computer timing system failed leaving Formula 1 drivers unsure of their final places. Finally it emerged that Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber would start second and third in ING Magyar Nagydíj race. McLaren's Lewis Hamilton qualified in a season's best fourth position while Brawn's Jenson Button was eighth.

Felipe Massa, a Brazilian F1 driver, is in contract to race for Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro team till the end of the 2010 season.