Terrible crash at the Grand Prix

[Jedi boro]

He is a lucky boy. The mad thing is, in a couple of weeks he'll be itching to race again.

He won’t be doing it in F1 as he’s been told he’s out for next year so he only had 3 races left anyway

 

[bear66]

Not a grand prix fan, but just watched a few laps. Modern circuits are bland these days.

 

[Carlos Fandango]

2020 Bahrain Grand Prix: Grosjean escapes huge crash and fire at race start

Haas driver Romain Grosjean escapes from a huge crash at the start of the 2020 Bahrain Grand Prix, which ripped his car in half after piercing the barrier just after Turn 3 at high speed. Grosjean has been airlifted to hospital with a suspected broke

www.formula1.com

 

[A]

Each time I see footage it just gets more remarkable that he has escaped with his life, let alone 'just' non life threatening injuries

 

[The_Unicorn]

The man himself

https://twitter.com/x/status/1333140470604701699

 

[RedAsABeetroot]

Suspect that might be his last F1 race but thankfully not for the wrong reason. Testament to the hard work of the FIA and designers that he walked away from that with minor injuries.

 

[Randy]

Yeah he doesn't look in any shape to be racing next weekend?
Do Haas promote Schumacher early?

 

[RedAsABeetroot]

Or bring back The Hulk.
Not sure if he's available to them though.

 

[BoroFur]

Yeah he doesn't look in any shape to be racing next weekend?
Do Haas promote Schumacher early?

Presumably they'll have enough spare components and time to rebuild the car for Friday?

 

[RedAsABeetroot]

Presumably they'll have enough spare components and time to rebuild the car for Friday?

Not sure about Haas but Racing Point said they had spare chassis with them in case they had to rebuild Stroll's.
p.s Did Racing Point flick the remote cut out switch on Perez's car? 2 podiums in a row might have been a bit embarrassing.

 

[Randy]

Presumably they'll have enough spare components and time to rebuild the car for Friday?

You would think so.

Teams always carry a spare chassis. Other bits could be flown in quite easily is assume.

 

[Abel Tasman]

Not a grand prix fan, but just watched a few laps. Modern circuits are bland these days.

Bland yes but a hell of a lot safer.

 

[Borobarmy]

I often wonder why they don’t put speed bumps on these circuits as it would surely keep the drivers a lot safer . It works on my road !

 

[FatFrank]

Could have seen the last of metal crash barriers. All run off areas should have standard tyre walls.

Having said that, I was surprised that in this day and age an F1 car could combust as fast as Romains car did yesterday.

 

[JM14]

I often wonder why they don’t put speed bumps on these circuits as it would surely keep the drivers a lot safer . It works on my road !

They tried a few years ago, didnt catch on...

 

[SmallTown]

Presumably they'll have enough spare components and time to rebuild the car for Friday?

Good question, they are the poorest team out there. I imagine they'll try and get a car with Fittapaldi or Delatraz in but whether they have the resource to get it ready and whether they can get their driver to the middle east remains to be seen.

The more I see the front of Romains car, the more amazed I am that he survived. It's a miracle of luck that he did, that he wasn't knocked out by the crash, or suffocated during the fireball, or trapped under the barrier. That is the most spectacular way of ending an F1 career.

Racing point must be gutted. Cars upside down cars barbecued. Nightmare. Serves them right for not keeping Perez on next year.