News Details

Grosjean ‘felt peace and realised I was going to die'

Romain Grosjean has described in harrowing detail his crash at Formula 1’s Bahrain Grand Prix in which he felt “at peace” with the notion that he may not escape. Grosjean suffered a violent accident at the start of Sunday’s race in which his VF-20 pierced the barrier, split in two, and burst into flames. Grosjean extricated himself from the burning wreckage, having been inside for 28 seconds, and spent three nights in hospital with minor burns to the back of his hands. Speaking to international media for the first time since the accident Grosjean went through the details in remarkable clarity, how his three young children motivated him to escape, his guilt for the trauma he put his...
Full Story »
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Brawn: Barrier penetration, fire, car split key...

Formula 1’s Managing Director of Motorsports Ross Brawn says officials...
5y ago from MotorsportWeek.com

Brawn: Fire and split barrier cause for concern in...

Formula 1 boss Ross Brawn says Romain Grosjean's fiery crash at the start...
5y ago from F1i.com

Brawn after horror crash: "The fire and piercing...

Ross Brawn says the FIA will do a major investigation into the...
5y ago from GPBlog.com

Magnussen: It didn't feel right to race after...

Haas’ Kevin Magnussen admits he “didn’t feel right” restarting...
5y ago from MotorsportWeek.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Why WorldSBK leader Nicolo Bulega could miss out on a...

Rumours surrounding Nicolo Bulega and a possible move to MotoGP in 2027...

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Hyundai continues to honour Craig Breen's memory

Hyundai Shell Mobis World Rally Team will run a special livery at this...

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Sources: Arsenal exploring two centre-back transfers,...

Arsenal are stepping up their interest in strengthening in defence this...
3h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Episode 871 – 1-0 to the Arsenal

Welcome to another episode of the Arsecast – the Arsenal podcast. In...
1h ago from Arseblog.com

Arsenal attacker could be sacrificed in the summer to...

According to Football Insider, Arsenal could consider the surprise sale of...
3h ago from CaughtOffside.com

'F****** get him in' – Paul Scholes insists...

Manchester United and England legend Paul Scholes has made it clear that...
2h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Comments

Hottest News

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.