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Anyone watching the Bahrain Grand prix?

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Sparklingbrook · 29/11/2020 14:27

Shock
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lyralalala · 29/11/2020 15:28

He's a very, very lucky man today. If I was Mrs Grosjean I'd be pointing out to him that we were very financially comfortable after his racing career and my telly career and it was time to stay home with the kids after that.

I'm concerned that they've put a different style of fence up to replace the damaged one. The push to re-start takes over everything. Whilst is was horrific, the halo opened the fence like a tin opener and that will have helped dissipate the force. Hitting concrete, which is what is there now, would either have stopped him instantly (which is what killed Jules Bianchi) or spun him back out on track.

They also started cutting the fence before the Haas guys got there to take pics. To me that's just wrong. The investigation should be the priority over the re-start. The split of the car is massively dramatic (I assume the weight of the engine pulled it apart), but bits of it are meant to come apart in accidents as it helps reduce the force. The driver safety capsule is intact, which is how he's got out alive.

I was never a fan of the halo (They used Jules Bianchi's death to bring it in even though it would not have saved him), and I do think it will have hampered his escape from the fence/car combo today, but it's only thanks to that that he was alive to escape the fence so it's saved him today.

pussycatinboots · 29/11/2020 15:31

Phil ah, batteries. Hadn't thought about them. I suppose it's possible.

Fluffy he'd clipped Kvyat so that might have done his steering.

DramaAlpaca · 29/11/2020 15:32

Dear God, that's terrible Shock So glad he's safe. He's one lucky man.

lyralalala · 29/11/2020 15:33

I think the pull to the right was because of the debris from Stroll's car. I think it damaged his tyre

PhilCornwall1 · 29/11/2020 15:34

Phil ah, batteries. Hadn't thought about them. I suppose it's possible.

I think after seeing him get out of that, you are right, anything is possible.

Bluntness100 · 29/11/2020 15:39

Yes it looks like he hit the wheel of one car then tried to steer round the debris, and lost control, for unknown reasons and went straight into the barrier head on.

Fluffycloudland77 · 29/11/2020 15:39

That car Richard Hammond crashed burned for 5 days because of batteries. It kept re-igniting.

Grosjeans always been pathologically attracted to barriers. Bottas was backing the pack up and not for the first time.

addler · 29/11/2020 15:41

Jesus Christ, wtf!

Fluffycloudland77 · 29/11/2020 15:42

They need to stop this race.

Fluffycloudland77 · 29/11/2020 15:43

It’s Austria all over again.

LimpidPools · 29/11/2020 15:43

Jesus, another one!

Frlrlrubert · 29/11/2020 15:43

And another one. Bloody hell.

Whoever was asking about the plank of wood 😂

popshops · 29/11/2020 15:43

Yes. Unbelievable that he walked away.

addler · 29/11/2020 15:44

And Kyvat involved again...

popshops · 29/11/2020 15:45

@Sparklingbrook

One of the worst crashes I saw was the Belgian GP the year Damon Hill won it-but that was multiple cars and it was sheet rain.

I am so happy Grosjean escaped that. He could have been decapitated.

The halo was what saved him, it was a heart stopping moment waiting to see what happened because clearly they were anticipating the possibility of a very bad result.
LimpidPools · 29/11/2020 15:46

@Fluffycloudland77

It’s Austria all over again.
Are you Vettel? Because that's what he just said Grin
lyralalala · 29/11/2020 15:46

Kyvat wasn't at fault for either incident imo.

PhilCornwall1 · 29/11/2020 15:47

@Fluffycloudland77

They need to stop this race.
Good job they are there again next week.
popshops · 29/11/2020 15:48

He's a very, very lucky man today. If I was Mrs Grosjean I'd be pointing out to him that we were very financially comfortable after his racing career and my telly career and it was time to stay home with the kids after that.

He's leaving at the end of the season anyway, I doubt he will race again.

I didn't realise Vettel (the Mexican!) was on mumsnet Grin

addler · 29/11/2020 15:48

No I agree completely, it's more that I was already worried he would feel misplaced guilt either from himself or blame from others for the Grosjean incident even though it's clear he didn't do anything wrong, but then to be involved with the second incident is just bad luck

Sparklingbrook · 29/11/2020 15:51

I go out for half an hour, come back and now there's an upside down car on the track. Will this race ever get cracking? Shock

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smeerf · 29/11/2020 15:53

I can't believe I was anti-halo a few years ago. It undoubtedly saved a life today.

lyralalala · 29/11/2020 15:53

@popshops

He's a very, very lucky man today. If I was Mrs Grosjean I'd be pointing out to him that we were very financially comfortable after his racing career and my telly career and it was time to stay home with the kids after that.

He's leaving at the end of the season anyway, I doubt he will race again.

I didn't realise Vettel (the Mexican!) was on mumsnet Grin

There's been pretty strong talk of him picking up an Indy seat.

I don't see him coming back next week or the following week for the last two. You can't race with broken ribs (and I'm concerned about his lungs - he was in the flames for 18-20 seconds so could have breathed in mankiness)

pussycatinboots · 29/11/2020 15:55

At least Stroll has clarified the plank of wood situation.

Fluffycloudland77 · 29/11/2020 15:56

@LimpidPools It was Austria where Hubert died and it freaked all the drivers right out.

Vettell just doesn’t like Kvyat but no I don’t think he was the cause either. He’s just been unlucky.