- French driver’s F1 Haas split in two after 137mph crash
- ‘I thought about Niki Lauda’s crash, it couldn’t finish like this’
Romain Grosjean has delivered a powerful and moving account of his accident at the Bahrain Grand Prix, admitting that in the heat of the inferno that engulfed him he had made peace with the belief that he was going to die. The French driver had a remarkable escape last Sunday and revealed that thoughts of his children inspired him to make the final effort to climb out of the car.
Grosjean’s accident at Bahrain was horrific. His Haas car crashed at 137mph, with an impact force of 53G. It split in two and speared through the metal barriers. The halo cockpit protection device had been decisive in keeping him alive but he was swiftly engulfed in a huge fireball. Incredibly, he ultimately escaped with only burns to his hands.
