The French driver, who miraculously saved his life in Bahrain, where he last raced in Formula 1, has been involved in another fire. Romain Grosjean , who already made his Indycar debut with an accident, has suffered an incident again in Detroit .
This time, after getting out of the car, he ran back to it to try to put out the flames. ” I worry about my cars, ” wrote Romain Grosjean on his social networks trying to take iron out of the matter. Although his accident is quite common in the Indycar, his previous boss, Gene Haas , has already predicted that he would kill himself if he ended up in this category.
I care about my racing cars ❤️ https://t.co/z7i1HRgz2i
— Romain Grosjean (@RGrosjean) June 13, 2021
“He asked me if I would be willing to sponsor him at Indycar , and I think he was quite open to it at first. But later when it crashed in Bahrain, I was just very happy that it didn’t kill itself. Having destroyed the car, I couldn’t be happier that it survived. I do not know. He has a wife and three children and I told him that I could not give him money to see how he killed himself, “ said Gene Haas at the end of last February.
“ I just felt like he needs to stay home and take care of his family . He got rid of a very large one there. If you really understood what happened there … if that car had been a few degrees more to one side or the other, it would not have been able to exit through the hole and would have died . He was very lucky, ”continued Romain Grosjean’s former boss.
“The Haas team was extremely lucky. I just couldn’t have imagined having to face a widow or her children . I couldn’t do that, so I said, ‘bah, stay home. I can’t help you anymore. ‘ Grosjean is a very good driver. He has really good days when I think he’s probably just as good as any other driver. He loves to drive and it is his choice. I just don’t want to be part of the bad choice, ”Gene Haas concluded.
Grosjean made his Indycar accident debut
Romain Grosjean has finally achieved his dream of continuing to drive at 35 years old. The Frenchman has found a hole in the Indycar at the hands of Dale Coyne . Grosjean made his debut with this team suffering an accident in the tests. “ I made a mistake and I spun . I got stuck in the gravel and on this track it has consequences. You have to stay within the limits, ”he explained.
As Romain Grosjean said, this accident was part of his learning: “I just went too fast, and when I was on the brake, I also accelerated, which is done at a high speed. In Indycar it makes the car destabilize . It was an instructive experience, afterwards I did not do it again and things were better ”.
“It reminded me of when I went from Formula Renault to Formula 3 and GP2. So far, I am very happy. The grip of the car has been really good. I understand why there are such good races. The way the team works is really good. Different, but I’m happy with that. Trying to fit in has been easy. After the first set, my biceps started to hurt a bit and I was like, ‘Okay, okay. Now they’re talking . ‘ You really feel the car. I suppose you can get more out of it with a proper driving style, the way you hit the brakes and turn. You can take advantage of different lines, while in Formula 1 you have to be closer to the ideal line because of how the aerodynamics work ”, he added.
And it is that Romain Grosjean had not yet restored his left hand after his accident in Bahrain. “He actually behaved very well. I did notice a big snap in the last batch and it was a bit painful. I know she is not fully recovered and is still sensitive, “he commented on the matter.
The last fire from which Grosjean escaped
So far, Romain Grosjean has participated in five of the eight races that have been held to date. In the last of them, in the one held in Detroit, it is in which he has suffered his last incident. With eleven laps to go, his car started to smoke on the brakes. Grosjean was forced to stop to get out of the car as fast as he could. Later he approached the commissioners to get a fire extinguisher that would allow him to put out the flames.
It should be noted that Romain Grosjean was under fire for 28 seconds in Bahrain. Since then he has treated his hands with special creams. “ Every morning I have to take off my silicone gloves and put cream on my hands . But I remember that I am alive, that I am here, that I can play with my children, that I can run again and that I have my wife by my side. I am happy, I have realized how beautiful life is even with problems ”, he revealed.