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In 2018, the introduction of the halo, the protection placed over the car’s cabin, was severely criticized by various team directors and Formula 1 drivers, for aesthetic reasons: Toto Wolff, director of Mercedes, even asked for “a chainsaw.” to cut the halo, but from Sunday there will be no one against the device, after it has played an essential role in Romain Grosjean being virtually unharmed in one of the worst accidents in recent World Cup history.
And it is he who assumes that the halo saved his life, after the French Haas will bandage himself at 221 km / h on the protection rails of Turn 3 of the Sahkir circuit, before turning into a ball of fire.
“Hi everyone, I just wanted to say I’m fine. Well, more or less fine,” Grosjean began from a bed at the Bahrain Defense Forces Hospital. “I was not in favor of the halo a few years ago, now I think it is the best thing they brought to Formula 1 and without it we would not be talking today,” said the veteran driver in a video message, published by his team. on social media.
Grosjean spent the last night in the hospital as a precaution, after tests showed that, miraculously, the Frenchman did not suffer a fracture in the accident, being treated for burns to his hands and ankles.
Gunther Steiner, director of Haas, left a decision on whether Grosjean will be replaced at GP Sahkir next weekend, which will also take place in Bahrain.
“Knowing him, I know he wants to come back, but we’ll see him in the next few days. Tomorrow [hoje] The bandages will be removed, we have no idea how things are going, “said the Italian in statements to the press still on the circuit.
