“I saw death coming”: Grosjean comments after accident

“My visor turned completely orange, I saw the flames blazing around the car. I thought about a lot of things, including Niki Lauda, and I thought to myself that it shouldn't end like this, not now," the Haas driver told the French TV station TF1 . “I had to get out of there for my kids.” Romain Grosjean After the accident, Grosjean was able to free himself from the burning wreckage. “It felt much longer than 28 seconds,” said the Frenchman. He also thought of his family. “I told myself I had to get out of there for my kids,” Grosjean said.

He hasn't fully come to terms with the accident, not just physically. “I think there is still a lot of psychological work to be done because I saw death coming,” Grosjean reported. Coming out of the flames was like a “second birth”.

Romain Grosjean's car immediately burst into flames after the impact. © APA/afp / BRYN LENNON

Grosjean will definitely be out of the second race in Bahrain next weekend, but he wants to be back at the season finale in Abu Dhabi (December 13th). “I have to get back in the car, if possible in Abu Dhabi, to end my story in Formula 1 differently,” he said.

His contract with Haas is expiring, Abu Dhabi would probably be Grosjean's last chance for a Formula 1 campaign. Next Sunday in Bahrain, the father of the family will be replaced by Pietro Fittipaldi (24), grandson of two-time Formula 1 world champion Emerson Fittipaldi. On the road to recovery Meanwhile, Haas team boss Günther Steiner confirmed in a video conference on Tuesday that Grosjean would spend another night in the hospital. The Frenchman's healing process is going as planned.

Grosjean himself posted a picture on social networks from the hospital in which he is already doing another fitness exercise. His burned hands are still thickly bandaged.

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“I saw death coming”: Grosjean comments after accident

Formula 1 driver Romain Grosjean (34) spoke out for the first time after his serious fire accident at the race in Bahrain and gave emotional insights into the moments after the crash.

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