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Miraculously, Romain Grosjean survived a fire accident in the first round of the Bahrain Grand Prix. His car was split in two by the railing and caught fire, but the Frenchman was able to leave him slightly injured. Lewis Hamilton won the race once again.
In the horrific first lap accident on Sunday (Nov 29, 2020), the Haas driver crashed into the runway barrier after touching Daniil Kwjat’s AlphaTauri. The front of the car went through the railing, Grosjean himself remained so well protected in the monocoque that he was largely able to get out of the accident independently, despite the burning flames. With the help of lightning-fast rescuers, Grosjean was able to leave the burning crash site.
“Only minor burns”
He was supported on the way to the ambulance; According to a diagnosis made by Haas on the night of the race, Grosjean suffered only second-degree burns to his hands. “He’s very scared,” said Haas team leader Günther Steiner, shortly after the crash in “Sky”, “but he only has minor burns where the fire retardant clothing has holes. That was luck in the accident, but also great effort from the quarterbacks who were there right away. “
Grosjean, who only scored two points in the championship this season, will have to leave his post at Haas at the end of the season. In view of his injuries, he will hardly be able to contest another race this year.
By helicopter to the hospital
The 15th race of the season continued after approximately 85 minutes of interruption after the charred debris was removed and the cut and burned rail replaced.
Grosjean was airlifted to a hospital about half an hour after the helicopter crash.
Ride capsizes after a collision with Kwjat
Just one lap after the restart, Kwjat was in an accident again. The Russian collided with Lance Stroll at Racing Point, who then flipped over and came to a stop with the cockpit down. Stroll was still able to leave his car alone, Kwjat received a time penalty.
Hamilton wins easily
The victory in Bahrain was completely certain for Lewis Hamilton, who was already world champion and who had already won the classification. The closest thing to his Mercedes was Max Verstappen at Red Bull, who also secured the extra point for the fastest lap in the race.
His teammate Alex Albon came third after Sergio Pérez, who had promised to get on the podium for a long time, retired at Racing Point shortly before the end of the race due to an engine failure.
Vettel without points and behind Russell
Sebastian Vettel at the Ferrari could not benefit from all the failures. After his surprising third place in the wet race in Istanbul, this time he was 13th without points. Even Briton George Russell at the really overwhelmed Williams finished ahead of the four-time world champion. But that’s not all the humiliation: Vettel also lost the duel with Charles Leclerc inside the stable: the Monegasse finished in tenth place.
Max Verstappen said after the race about Grosjean’s accident: “Yeah that was really scary. We saw the fire and the red flags, that’s never good. But the most important thing is that Romain is fine. For me personally second place. not bad “.
“Clearly a big impact”
Hamilton said of the fire accident footage: “That was clearly a huge shock. Of course, when I get into such a car, I know how great the risk is and that it is a really dangerous sport. But the FIA already has one. Great. Job done. “On the race, he said:” Red Bull put a lot of pressure, but I was always able to give an answer when Max got close. “
Those: sportschau.de
