Romain Grosjean has been reunited with the Components 1 race helmet that saved his life throughout his horrific 2020 Bahrain Grand Prix crash.
The French-Swiss driver suffered a violent crash on the opening lap of the race on the Sakhir circuit. After making contact with Daniil Kvyat, he crashed into the obstacles at excessive velocity, breaking the automobile in half and really shortly changing into engulfed in flames. Amazingly, Grosjean was in a position to pull himself out of the wreck after being caught for 28 seconds. Whereas marshals helped pull him away from the fiery and mangled chassis following the 67G impression, he was eager to stroll unaided to indicate his household watching on the screens that he was OK.
The 39-year-old suffered burns to his palms and ankles, which he later had surgical procedure to deal with. Along with the helmet, the halo was credited with saving his life.
“5 years after November 29 2020, I received reunited with my race helmet,” he wrote on Instagram. “I didn’t know if I used to be able to see it however my children actually wished to grasp how I received so effectively protected within the fireplace and what did occur that night time.
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Since leaving F1 in 2020 and recovering from the crash, Grosjean moved to the IndyCar Collection in 2021.
Grosjean had the chance to return to the seat of an F1 automobile in September 2025 together with his former staff, Haas, because the American outfit carried out testing on the Mugello circuit.Â
“I’m extremely grateful to Gene Haas and to Ayao Komatsu for inviting me to take part within the TPC at Mugello,” Grosjean stated on the time. “To say I’m excited to get again behind the wheel of a Components 1 automobile would naturally be an understatement. I actually can’t imagine it’s been nearly 5 years, however to come back again and have this outing with my outdated staff is actually one thing particular.
“I’m excited to see everybody, I’m certain we’ll spend a little bit of time reminiscing in regards to the outdated days, however I’m additionally eager to be of use concerning the trackside agenda with the VF-23 – it is nice the staff now has the TPC programme as a part of its ongoing improvement. Lastly, my children had designed my helmet for what was meant to be my closing grand prix in Abu Dhabi again in 2020 – I’m finally going to have the ability to give it a go in a Components 1 automobile on Friday.”
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