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The driver Romain Grosjean is fine and remains conscious after a severe crash in which his car caught fire and broke in two at the Bahrain Formula 1 GP. According to information from the Bahrain Military Hospital, where the driver sent after the accident went In the first lap of the GP, the initial suspicion of a rib fracture has not been confirmed and the Frenchman is out of danger.
“He is out of danger. His lungs are being monitored, but the situation is under control. Burns to his hands are the main injuries. There are no fractures. He is fully conscious.” According to his team, Haas, the pilot will remain in the hospital to treat the burns.
Grosjean even recorded a video of the hospital, with both hands bandaged, and acknowledged that his life was saved by a security device that he himself criticized in the past. “Hey guys, I just wanted to tell you that I’m fine, I mean, more or less fine [mostrando os dedos]. Thank you very much for all the messages. I didn’t support halo in a few years, but I think it was the best we implemented in F1. Without him, I couldn’t talk to you today. I thank all the doctors at the circuit and at the hospital and I hope that soon I can write you some messages and tell you how things are going ”.
The team also reported that the impact of the accident was 221 km / h. The accident happened right on the first lap, when Grosjean pulled the car to the right and apparently did not see that Daniil Kvyat was on his side. The impact of the collision with the Russian threw him directly against the railing and the violence of the impact caused the protective barrier to split in half and also split the car in two, exposing the fuel tank and causing a large explosion.
Romain Grosjean suffers a terrible accident at the Bahrain GP; to see photos
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Romain Grosjean suffered a serious accident during the Bahrain GP start
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Grosjean’s car broke in half after the accident
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Romain Grosjean escapes the fire at the Bahrain GP
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Romain Grosjean’s car after an accident at the Bahrain GP
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Grosjean was directed to the medical center and was able to walk, but with difficulty
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The F-1 team works to repair the barriers that Grosjean’s car crashed into
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Commissioners remove Haas body after Romain Grosjean accident in Bahrain
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Commissioners put out fires after Romain Grosjean accident in Bahrain
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Grosjean managed to get out of the still burning car, having been saved by the halo, the protection is just above the driver’s head and that avoided the impact with the guardrail going directly against his helmet. F1 medic Ian Roberts arrived on the scene within seconds and helped the driver jump over the railing and escape the flames.
The race was stopped for more than an hour for the barrier to be repaired. And the race ended up winning Lewis Hamilton.
There are two races left until the end of the season, already in the coming weekends, so this accident will probably mark the end of Grosjean’s F1 career, as Haas has already announced that it will not renew his contract. In recent days, he has been emphasizing how he wants to regain victories in other categories, after embittering the bottom of the group in recent years with Haas. One of the reserve drivers for the US team is Brazilian Pietro Fittipaldi, who accompanies the team every weekend and has tested the car on the track on a few occasions, but so far no announcement has been made.
