Northernstorirs
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That was nasty. Thank god Grosjean is ok with minor burns, that was horrific.
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1.618034
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That's a fair assessment. But he was still in the back half because of his seatbelts. So he would've been undoing them whilst on fire!So I assume the front of the car (with Grosjean) went through the barrier and got stuck, but the momentum kept the back going and tore the car in two, hence the fireball.
Wow. I'm still shaking after witnessing that tbh.
That's a fair assessment. But he was still in the back half because of his seatbelts. So he would've been undoing them whilst on fire!
Wow. I'm still shaking after witnessing that tbh.
He was in the front half wasnt he? It sheared around the survival shell that goes just behind the drivers head.
I think the barrier is faulty, the nose of the car went through until the halo stopped it, it snagged, snapping it in two and presumably opening up some sort of fuel line which caused the fire.
I can't believe he walked away from it. Incredibly lucky.
1.618034
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Oh, no he was in the front! With all the fuel!That's a fair assessment. But he was still in the back half because of his seatbelts. So he would've been undoing them whilst on fire!
Wow. I'm still shaking after witnessing that tbh.
PannickAtTheDisco
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well that started with a bang.
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Give the engineers a pay rise.
1.618034
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Yep. My mistake.He was in the front half wasnt he? It sheared around the survival shell that goes just behind the drivers head.
I think the barrier is faulty, the nose of the car went through until the halo stopped it, it snagged, snapping it in two and presumably opening up some sort of fuel line which caused the fire.
I can't believe he walked away from it. Incredibly lucky.
That is incredible.
When I watched the incident at the MotoGP in Austria earlier this year, I thought that was the luckiest escape I'd ever seen. Not now!
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I feared the worse, that was horrendous. Thank God he escaped with some burns and they now think broken ribs. The medical people and stewards were superb.
manimanc
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Did the race start early? It was down as starting at 3?
And grosjean was very very lucky there, how the heck has he walked away?
And grosjean was very very lucky there, how the heck has he walked away?
jimharri
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Very lucky to get out of there relatively unscathed.