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How the modern team ensured that Romain Grosjean survived the crash at the Bahrain GP fairly lightly.
Still in the middle
Romain Grosjean escaped from these flames.
Keystone
With his Twitter post late Sunday night, Romain Grosjean finally let the sports world breathe a sigh of relief. “I’m fine. Good, pretty good!” Reported the Geneva man from Sakhir hospital. “A few years ago I was not in favor of the halo. But it is the best thing we have introduced in Formula 1,” wrote Grosjean.
After his terrible accident on the first lap of the Bahrain Grand Prix, the 34-year-old Frenchman from Switzerland, who drives for Team Haas with a French license, is aware: “Without this, I would not be able to talk to you today. »
Without a doubt: the protection of the cabin, which they call “Halo” (“halo”), saved Grosjean’s life. Without him, the Haas driver probably wouldn’t have gotten out of the burning car alive.
But the flame retardant jumpsuit passed the endurance test with flying colors. In the end, it was almost 30 seconds before Grosjean managed to escape from the sea of flames.
The “Halo” is a cabin protection that has been mandatory in Formula 1 since 2018. It is a titanium bar weighing around seven kilograms, which is stretched in a ring above the driver’s head in the cabin and clamped in the medium with a strut.
The “halo”, as it is translated from English, is intended to protect the driver from larger parts flying around. Its introduction was decided against criticism from the FIA world association. Grosjean himself was not among the proponents.
Halo also protects the ride
At that time, the drivers had to prove in a test that despite the design, they were able to get out of the car in 7 seconds. Sunday showed that this is a realistic scenario. Although it took much longer, Grosjean escaped the flames without help.
Lance Stroll also benefited from the Halo soon after. Shortly after the race restarted in Bahrain, the Canadian’s Racing Point flipped and came to a head stop. Stroll emerged from the wreck unscathed.
