How Romain Grosjean walked away from F1’s scariest crash in decades
After hitting the barriers at 140mph, the car split in half and caught fire. …
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The medical car and track marshals were on the scene seconds after Grosjean’s car came to rest, half of it wedged into the guardrail.BRYN LENNON/POOL/AFP via Getty Images
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Track marshals reach the fire within seconds of it igniting.Tolga Bozoglu – Pool/Getty Images
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Grosjean is helped away from the crash by Alan van der Merwe and Dr Ian Roberts, the F1 medical car crew.HAMAD I MOHAMMED/POOL/AFP via Getty Images
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A blackened monocoque is lifted off the track. Despite the violent impact, you can see the carbon fiber structure is completely intact, as is the titanium halo device.Tolga Bozoglu – Pool/Getty Images
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The rear half of Grosjean’s car looks mostly unscathed.olga Bozoglu – Pool/Getty Images
The Formula 1 cars had barely made it a third of the way around the track before the red flag brought a temporary halt to this weekend’s Bahrain Grand Prix. The start of an F1 race is often chaotic, especially among the back half of the grid, and so it proved on Sunday when the Haas VF-20 driven by Romain Grosjean speared off track to the right after exiting turn three.
First-lap crashes aren’t that unusual in the sport, unlike what happened next. After hitting the guardrail at about 137mph (220km/h), Grosjean’s car ripped in half and then burst into flames—something that
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