F1 driver Romain Grosjean survives horror fire crash during Bahrain Grand Prix

[Tender Branson]

Incredible that he could get out alive of this wreck ...

(CNN) Formula One driver Romain Grosjean was involved in a horrific crash that left his car engulfed in flames at the Bahrain Grand Prix on Sunday, causing the race to be halted.

On the first lap, Grosjean veered off the track after the third corner following some contact with Daniil Kvyat and his Haas car ploughed into the barriers, exploding on impact and breaking in half.

The French driver miraculously emerged from the flames after several seconds and was immediately tended to by the track side emergency services.



"He's doing okay, he had light burns on hands and ankles," Haas Team Principle Guenther Steiner told Sky Sports. "Obviously shaken and going through all checks necessary after an impact like this. He's conscious."

https://edition.cnn.com/2020/11/29/motorsport/formula-one-crash-romain-grosjean-bahrain-grand-prix-spt-intl/index.html

[Tender Branson]

The French driver miraculously emerged from the flames after several seconds ...

"Several" seconds ...

It was ca. 40 seconds that he was in this exploding fire wreck.

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

I'm surprised they went to such an extreme to shoot the opening sequence of a live-action version of The Dark Knight Returns.

[Former President tack50]

Yeah that was an absolutely awful crash. I was genuinely wondering for a moment whether he'd make it alive at all. And instead he went out almost completely safe. Truly a miracle and really shows how much safety in F1 (and other kinds of racing) has improved over the years.

The Spanish commenters were mentioning a lot about how there has not been a car engulfed in flames like that in a long time.

[𝕭𝖆𝖕𝖙𝖎𝖘𝖙𝖆 𝕸𝖎𝖓𝖔𝖑𝖆]

Wow...
I'm glad, and astonished, that he got out of it almost without damage to himself.
Also, congratulations to the firefighters and colleagues.

[Tender Branson]

He was very lucky that the barrier didn’t remain stuck just above the cockpit, so he could get out of the monocoque ...

He’d have burned to death if he couldn’t get out because of a stuck barrier.

Also, the new Halo-system saved him.