‘This man is fortunate to be alive’: F1 star Grosjean leaps from INFERNO as automotive explodes after horror crash at Bahrain GP (VIDEO)

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French System One driver Romain Grosjean was lucky to flee along with his life when the Haas star’s automotive burst into flames on influence with a barrier through the early phases of the Bahrain Grand Prix on Sunday.

Heading out of flip three on the primary lap, Grosjean speared throughout the monitor and collided at velocity with the obstacles, his automotive setting ablaze immediately.

The race was instantly red-flagged as medical companies rushed to take care of the 34-year-old, who was seen diving from the inferno simply in time. 

Issues of great harm or worse instantly went up across the paddock and on social media earlier than preliminary fears had been allayed when the star’s Haas workforce reported that he had suffered burns however averted much more critical hurt. 

Photographs of the aftermath of the wreckage confirmed that Grosjean’s automotive had extremely break up into two on influence with the barrier, making his escape appear all of the extra unbelievable. 

The wreckage confirmed the severity of the crash. © Reuters

The race remained suspended as officers desperately tried to rebuild the barrier which Grosjean’s automotive had decimated with the influence. 

World champion Lewis Hamilton’s official Twitter account shared his gratitude that his rival had emerged safely from such an enormous smash.  

“I am so grateful Romain is protected. Wow… the chance we take isn’t any joke, for these of you on the market that overlook that we put our life on the road for this sport and for what we like to do,” tweeted the seven-time world champion.

“Grateful to the FIA for the large strides we have taken for Romain to stroll away from that safely.” 

Hamilton was not the one to reward security officers and medical employees for his or her swift response in taking Grosjean to security. 

IndyCar star Dario Franchitti additionally hailed the marshals on the scene of the terrifying incident.

Followers had been equally relieved to listen to that Grosjean was protected however had been additionally left surprised by the crash, with one writing that the French F1 veteran was “fortunate to be alive.”  

Chatting with the BBC, Haas workforce principal Guenther Steiner additional allayed any issues that his driver had been badly injured, however mentioned he was nonetheless heading to hospital for additional checks.

“Once you see one thing like this the one factor you assume is ‘I hope we get fortunate’. You do not assume the way it occurred or no matter,” he mentioned. 

“I want to thank all of the marshals. They did a improbable job to get him away as fast as doable from the fireplace. It was superb what they did.”

Grosjean had began the race down in 19th on the grid, and replays appeared to indicate him trying to maneuver throughout the AlphaTauri automotive of Russian driver Daniil Kvyat, then making contact and crashing head-on into the obstacles.