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‘It didn’t take one miracle, but several’: Romain Grosjean’s wife pays an emotional tribute to the ‘superhero’ F1 driver who will leave the hospital after escaping with minor burns from the impact of a fireball that melted his visor
- Romain Grosjean’s helmet visor melted while sitting in his burning car on Sunday
- Frenchman’s car burst into flames as he crashed into a barrier in Bahrain
- It broke in half and was lucky to be pulled out of the rubble with minor injuries.
- Grosjean posted a video message from his hospital bed, praising the car’s halo.
Romain Grosjean’s wife wrote an emotional statement on Instagram Monday in which she saluted her husband for getting out of his fireball car during the Bahrain Grand Prix on Sunday.
The driver’s car broke in half and caught fire after the first lap accident that stunned the sports world.
Wife Marion, a French television personality who watched the drama unfold at her home in Geneva, wrote: “Thanks to our children, who pushed him out of the fire.”
Romain Grosjean shared a video saying he was fine after his horrible accident at the Bahrain Grand Prix
The couple, who married in 2012, have two boys and a girl, Sacha (7), Simon (5) and Camille (2).
Marion paid tribute to rescuers and supporters, adding: ‘Thanks to Romain’s courage, his determination, his strength, his love, his physical training that kept him alive. It didn’t take one miracle, but several ».
The 34-year-old Frenchman, hailed as a ‘superhero’ by Marion, escaped from his burning car after punching through safety barriers at 140 mph with little more than burns to the top of both hands.
Marion Grosjean with her husband Romain at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya in Spain
Ian Roberts, the British medical delegate who quickly appeared on the scene, said: “He was very shaky and his visor was completely opaque and melted. I had to take it off just to check that everything was okay.
“ He had some pain in his foot and hands, so from that moment we knew that it was safe enough to take him to the car (doctor), put some gel on the burns and then take him to the ambulance and the medical center ”
Grosjean was admitted to the hospital for a second night, but is likely to be released Tuesday. Pietro Fittipaldi, grandson of two-time world champion Emerson, will take his place at the Sakhir Grand Prix, a second consecutive race in Bahrain, but this time in a different setup.
The FIA has opened its investigation into the incident, and race director Michael Masi said there will be no “instinctive” safety changes in the meantime.
Shocking footage shows the moment Romain Grosjean managed to climb out of the burning wreck on Sunday after being exposed to the flames for nearly 30 seconds.
The French driver was fortunate to leave virtually unscathed after his Haas car crashed into a barrier, burst into flames and split in half on the first lap.
An F1 medic has revealed that Grosjean’s helmet visor melted as he sat on the rubble.
