Romain Grosjean survives another fire incident six months after Bahrain GP

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Former F1 driver Romain Grosjean extinguishes fire at Detroit Grand Prix

Romain Grosjean was witness to a second horrific accident in six months as he escaped at the Detroit Grand Prix.

Fortunately, the incident on Sunday was less severe compared to the fireball crash at the end of the 2020 F1 season in Sakhir. Grosejan got up from the car and rushed to get a fire extinguisher to douse out the fire on his Dale Coyne/Rick Ware.

“The staff arrived to assist Grosjean to extinguish the fire. Later, he joked saying “I care about my racing cars. “I think we had two mega qualifying results with a third and fifth.

“Eventually we had a brake fire, and I had to extinguish a fire, but we’re all good here. It was a pretty eventful weekend in Detroit.”

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He is driving for Dale Coyne Racing in the IndyCar Series 2021

“[On Saturday] We struggled a bit more with the balance. But we were hanging in there at the restart following the red flag and we were looking good. Then we tried to come into the race, but I picked up a drive-through penalty and we tried to come back from there.”

Grosjean’s Near Death Experience at Bahrain

Romain Grosjean will always remember his final race in his F1 career. The man who was driving for Haas, since their entry into Formula 1 had a near death experience at the Bahrain GP.

Grosjean’s car split into two after colliding with the barriers and he escaped miraculously in 28 seconds with severe hand burns and minor body burns.

Grosjean was in a fireball for 28 seconds before rescuing himself

Investigations found that Grosjean’s car bashed into the triple-guardrail barrier at 192kph (119mph) with a maximum impact of 67G. The official statement read: (h/t FIA)

“The car suffered extensive damage during the impact including separation of the power train assembly from the survival cell.”

“The fuel tank inspection hatch on the left-hand side of the chassis was dislodged and the engine fuel supply connection was torn from the fuel tank ‘safety bladder’; both providing primary paths for the escape of fuel from the tank.”

Grosjean is going to drive for Mercedes during the free practice at the French GP this Friday.