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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...
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