šŸŽ Romain Grosjean - Lucky lucky driver

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Thatā€™s just the monocoque, the rest of the car and the fuel tank were on the other side of the barrier, the wheel flew off in all directions as well.

If thatā€™s just the monocoque then it is surrounded by carbon fibre body work which would have melted in the heat of the fireball, leaving something like that!!

The fuel tank contains some 100kg of fuel, if that was water it would be 100 litres, fuel is lighter than water (less dense) so I think there would be some 120+ litres of fuel.

I donā€™t think the fuel tank rupturedā€¦

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Grosjeanā€™s crash on the opening lap came when he clipped a wheel of Daniil Kvyatā€™s car and veered off into the trackside armco barriers at 137mph. The impact was measured at 53G and caused his car to split in half. The front part, including the Frenchman in the cockpit, speared through the barriers and was engulfed in a fireball. Grosjean was in the car amid the flames for almost 20 seconds before extricating himself and climbing to safety.

Romain Grosjean is to be discharged from hospital on Tuesday having escaped from a life-threatening accident at the Bahrain Grand Prix. The Haas driver has been thoroughly examined but sustained only burns to his hands after the car burst into flames.

In order to ensure he recovers properly, Grosjean will be replaced at the Sakhir Grand Prix in Bahrain next weekend by their test and reserve driver Pietro Fittipaldi, grandson of Brazilā€™s double world champion Emerson Fittipaldi.