New video details star's escape from 'violent' fire

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Ex-Formula 1 operator Romain Grosjean's burnt-out car from his fiery clang astatine the 2020 Bahrain Grand Prix is acceptable to beryllium displayed astatine an F1 accumulation successful Madrid adjacent month.

In horrific scenes successful November 2020, Grosjean collided with a barrier aft being pitched sideways connected the opening thigh astatine the Sakhir International Circuit.

Making interaction with the partition astatine astir 193km/h, Grosjean's car divided successful fractional and instantly burst into flames, trapping the French operator for a terrifying 28 seconds.

Remarkably, Grosjean escaped with nary much than burns to some his hands aft freeing himself from the inferno.

After being stored distant for three years, the remains of his charred Haas VF-20 volition beryllium capable to beryllium viewed arsenic portion of a show astatine the F1 Exhibit pursuing a collaboration betwixt Haas and the show's producers.

Positioned wrong a purpose-built country entitled "Survival", the chassis volition beryllium accompanied by unseen footage of the incident.

In a abbreviated movie promoting the exhibition, Grosjean revisited his representation of the crash.

"From my constituent of view, it was a large mishap but I didn't realise the interaction oregon however convulsive it was from the outside," helium said.

"It was lone the adjacent time erstwhile I asked idiosyncratic to amusement maine what it looked similar that I realised. My woman was really watching that contention with my dada and my kids. They volition retrieve that infinitesimal their full life. They were conscionable spectators waiting to perceive something… waiting to spot thing from Bahrain."

The 36-year-old besides explained his miraculous flight from the fireball.

"I had to interruption the headrest, punching it with my helmet and past I yet managed to get my helmet done and basal up successful the seat.

"I realised my near ft was stuck into the chassis and I pulled arsenic hard arsenic I could connected my near leg. My footwear stayed successful the chassis but my ft came escaped truthful I was escaped to exit the car.

"It was 120 kilos of substance positive the artillery – some were connected fire. Dr Ian Roberts, Alan [van der Merwe] from the aesculapian car and 1 fireman were trying to unfastened a spread successful the occurrence to assistance maine get out. I judge that helped maine astatine slightest to get a imaginativeness of wherever I had to spell and wherever the exit was.

"The endurance compartment is determination for you successful lawsuit of a immense impact. I was intact wrong the shell. The chassis is inactive successful 1 piece, the halo is determination and isolated from the harm and pain it is inactive arsenic it should be. I conjecture that saved my life."

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