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• Romain Grosjean will be released from hospital on Wednesday (2 December) after recovering from a terrible accident at Sunday’s Bahrain Grand Prix.
• The Haas driver’s Formula 1 car split in two when it hit the barrier at the exit of Turn 3 at 220 km / h.
• Grosjean will miss the second race in Bahrain this weekend and will be replaced by Nikita Mazepin.
Four days after limping from a terrible crash at the Bahrain Grand Prix, Haas Formula 1 driver Romain Grosjean was doing bodyweight squats in hospital.
The Frenchman suffered burns to his hands and a sprained ankle during the test when his car broke in two when it hit the barrier at the exit of Turn 3 at 220 km / h.
The 34-year-old recounted the surreal event on Instagram, praising sheriffs, firefighter and FIA medic Ian Roberts for their bravery during the rescue.
South African Alan van der Merwe, driving the Formula One medic car, helped the marshal with the extinguisher as the flames rose violently.
The cause of the fire was due to fuel lines splitting on impact and a huge fireball erupted from the affected Haas. Grosjean spent 28 seconds in the car before Roberts and Van der Merwe arrived on the scene to help.
“Look at the professionalism of the firefighter, trying to keep the fire away from me in the car,” Grosjean said on Instagram.
“Watch the action on Ian Roberts and his involvement. I told him he was a hero, he went into the fire as much as he could to save me.”
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Grosjean said the halo restraint, installed in F1 cars since 2018, was critical in surviving the impact that was measured at more than 50g.
Two constables, one on each side of the barrier, tried to put out the flames.
“I met death and that is the worst feeling I have ever had. But I am alive and I will enjoy every second of life and every little victory in a much better way from now on,” said the Frenchman.
Compiled by Sean Parker
