News Details

Vettel: ‘Barrier not supposed to fail like that'

Sebastian Vettel expressed relief at Romain Grosjean escaping a horrific accident at the Bahrain Grand Prix but stressed the trackside barrier should not have 'failed' in such fashion. Grosjean suffered a high-speed accident on the opening lap in Bahrain on the exit of Turn 3 and the impact with the barrier sliced his Haas VF-20 in half. The survival cell of Grosjean’s car pierced the barriers and erupted into flames upon impact. Grosjean managed to extricate himself from the wreckage and was transported to by helicopter to a nearby hospital. Haas confirmed that he has suffered minor burns and is being evaluated for suspected broken ribs. “I haven’t looked at the images a lot as I...
Full Story »
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Grosjean survives horrific fiery first-lap crash in...

Haas’ Romain Grosjean has been taken to the medical centre for a...
5y ago from MotorsportWeek.com

Lando Norris: I made a mistake at turn 1

McLaren driver Lando Norris said that a mistake at turn 1 during...
5y ago from GrandPrix247.com

Hamilton takes fifth straight win, Grosjean escapes...

Lewis Hamilton has won the Bahrain Grand Prix, a race that was...
5y ago from MotorsportWeek.com

Hamilton and Bottas dominate opening practice in...

Freshly crowned F1 world champion Lewis Hamilton and Mercedes teammate...
5y ago from F1i.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

MotoGP confirms Thailand to host 2027 season opener

MotoGP has officially confirmed that the Chang International Circuit in...

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Two drivers named for first on-track runs of new...

IndyCar has announced plans for the first on-track test runs of its newly...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Mārtiņš Sesks crashes out of Rally Finland in SS14

M-Sport Ford WRT was dealt another blow after Mārtiņš Sesks and Renars...

Elfyn Evans rolls in stage 14!

Elfyn Evans and Scott Martin had a high-speed roll in SS14 close to the...

Popular On GunnersToday.com

New: Arsenal optimistic after 'progress' on Vini Jr...

Arsenal are reportedly optimistic about how the Vinicius Junior transfer...
3h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Vinicius stats vs Barcola & Rogers prove Arsenal...

With Vinicius Junior to Arsenal transfer speculation growing by the hour...
5h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Liverpool’s £60 million target interested in...

Aston Villa centre-back Ezri Konsa, a Liverpool target, is reportedly...
6h ago from SportsKeeda.com

Comments

Hottest News

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.