"Sebastian, how amazing are we? We've come so far with the halo and...." "Nah, barrier was massively unsafe, car split in two and there was a massive fire"
Yes he really shut down the self-congratulations there by reminding everyone what the focus should be, the fact that a barrier should never heve failed in that way.
@@Undivided-X the cars aren’t supposed to split in half though, and I’m pretty sure the car splitting did nothing to soften the impact as it was 56 G smash
@@surrealorb8325 yeah I'm relatively sure that according to the laws of physics, if an object breaks on impact, the total force (and consequently, velocity) gets distributed (as a vector sum) among the remaining pieces, so technically, the car breaking would have had some impact in reducing the G force of the safety cell itself. The question is, would that resultant G force of the safety cell part of the car be safe enough. Arguably not if Grosjean had just hit an unyielding object headfirst, which is where we can be thankful that it was the halo that took that impact and not Grosjean's helmet.
Guard rails on straights are not designed for almost 90 degree high speed impact but sharp angle ones. Obviously they need to rethink the design due to rare occasions like this.
@@azranasuha3306 the car only exploded because the front was caught by the barrier but the rear was doing 250+ kph, which made it snap in half and spill out the fuel.
@@azranasuha3306 It exploded like that because the barrier ripped the car in half exposing the fuel. The cars are designed to not explode like that hence why we never see cars go up in flames like that on impact, even major ones, but again, in this case the car was ripped in half. And that guard rail isn't a common one either, it's probably been there since the track was first constructed and was never disturbed. I'm sure it will all be revised now, and thank goodness Romain is okay.
It's true, it's very good Romain survived and is OK considering the circumstances, but the FIA absolutely have to investigate what happened for the guard rail to fail like that and for the car to split into two pieces and burst into flames
It was my immediate thought - normally, guard rails don't split like that but bend as a one piece. Reminds me of rally accident of Robert Kubica - he almost died because guard rail wasn't secured properly...
IMO there are difference in terms of structure, design, damage, impact angle, etc. between guardrails on certain parts of the circuit. Probably, the guardrails near the straight is weaker compared to guardrails near the corner because it was not expected to have a major crash on that part
The safety of these cars has came a very very very long way to this point to have the halo screen if it wasn't there Romain Grosjean would have dead on impact
I think In some way the car breaking saved him as well. Imagine if he got stuck in the barrier with his car. It woulf have been even more difficult to get out.
My heart sunk when I saw Romain crash and especially when they didn't show the replays or him getting out of the car for a good 5 mins as that's always a bad sign. I was cheering in happiness when I saw him at the back of the medical car.
Same. That was horrific. Crofty done well to keep it together during his commentary. All I could think was that Grosjean was gone but thankfully he got out. Hopefully we don't see things like this again.
Kvyat saying how he was angry and then immediately hoped the best for him, it really shows the respect all the guys have for each other and that the drivers all care so much for eachother
You would have to be a complete psychopath to hope someone died/got hurt because of a racing mistake and not only that but then say that on live TV. How dumb are you to be impressed by that? It doesn’t show any special respect, that’s just normal.
@@Steve-ph7qn You’ve massively misunderstood Kvyat and Ciaran Racing. Kvyat said he was angry he got his nose cut off, completely understandable reaction, you are racing and someone cutting across you is annoying, he wasn’t in anyway saying he hoped Grojean died, that is a massive leap in logic that makes no sense, he even says himself that when he realised just how serious the incident was that all annoyance was gone immediately and fully replaced with concern and hoping his fellow driver was okay. He also says thank god he’s okay, how can you misconstrue that to “hope he died”
Kvyat response was any normal person's response, it doesn't show how much they care for each other. Wishing anything but the best would be the response whether you liked or hated the guy.
Poor Daniil man. Just sums up how he was feeling. Dude was frantically checking his mirrors trying to see if he was okay. Glad to see Romain alive though, hope he has a speedy recovery.
@Marius Ipad Bit of an unnecessary comment, btw fun fact bombs that killed innocent civilians in the middle East were sent from USA that's Just next to Canada
I truly hope Vettel stays in the sport as a safety guy or official. His grasp of what is important and how to drive is second to none at the moment. The reactions and car might not be there now, but the brain is 100% He would be perfect to bring F1 forward, safely and with more fairness and interest for the unbiased F1 fan.
I unfortunately have seen the Feature Race of F2 Spa last year as well, it makes you appreciate racing so much more, but never needs a reminder like this to make one understand what risk they are taking out there!
My mind instantly went there, I called home straight away (I’m at uni away from home but we watch it religiously) and my mum was already calling me we both were silent on each end waiting for him to appear. That was earth shatteringly close. My god.
Each barrier is designed in a different way. This is the barrier on a straight, it is not expected to get hit head-on as its designed to be hit at a shallow angle and to not bounce a car back out into the middle of the very fast straight. Unlike a corner barrier with tyres that are designed to cushion a car and slow it down that way. Definitely something for the FIA to look into though, maybe on all sections where the barrier comes out next to a service road, they should have a tyre wall or similar?
@@DaviAtrock If you look at the track layout that barrier is honestly completely reasonably placed. That a car should ever hit it at that angle is extremely unlikely.
Beside's the safety features, I always thought the Halo was pretty cool looking. I'm glad that it practically saved Romain's life and showed it's worth to any doubters left over it.
I hated it at first, but I'm glad nobody paid any attention to what I was thinking. 😉 It's not as fugly as it first struck me, and I shudder at what the aftermath today might have looked like without the halo. 🤦♂️ I just hope it doesn't turn out we need windshields for acceptable safety, because the indy cars I've seen recently make me want to vomit. No doubt F1 would be a lot safer if cars' wheels couldn't hook each other and potentially launch or flip cars like we also saw in today's race, but I sure hope the open wheel part of open wheel racing doesn't come to an end any time soon because it's just too dangerous. I'm feeling a bit conflicted right now because on a day like today, it's hard to justify opposition toward anything that would improve survivability, but where do you draw the line? This is one time I'm pretty happy nobody cares what I think. 😉😁👍
@@ledchickenfpv7164 Given the problems with the windshield approach (they're so thick that the view is distorted pretty bad, IIRC Vettel got carsick?) and the massive pressure to get rid of internal combustion engines altogether as soon as possible, it's likely that "Formula 1" as we know it will probably disappear before we get to windshields. Though windshields themselves would be nothing new to the sport - they were on lots of cars all the way up through 1990, though for aerodynamic reasons rather than protection.
considering the violence of the impact and the fact that the car was ripped in two, i cant imagine what his body would have gone through if the barrier didnt absorb that much energy
kvyat couldnt stop looking at his mirrors during the crash.. and his radio message was "please tell me he is okay".. thats gotta be heavy on you mentally
I think that even 3 years ago this wouldn't have been survivable. What is even more amazing is that even with the most favourable outcome. We can still come away with lessons to learn.
Whoever disliked this video is disrespectful Just making a point as a racing purist We all wanted Romain to do well despite what we may think of him as a driver or a human
it was interesting to watch seb's eyes go from shaken/panicky to caluculating and angry as he allowed himself to think it through and give exactly the right answer. i'm sure all the drivers were in at least a mild state of shock, having witnessed that.
I literally thought he was dead until he pulled himself out, he must’ve fought with all his strength and will to live to be able to climb out of that car.
when I saw that crash, I literally stood up with shock and was praying for him to be ok. Like Toto and Pierre said, I didn’t know that modern Formula 1 cars can break in half. Also like Seb said, the barriers were unsafe. But the halo and the firesuit did its job and kept Grosjean alive. I was really glad that he didn’t go unconcious because with that impact (of 64G I think it was), it won’t be strange to go unconcious. I think god does exist.
As soon as I saw this crash, it reminded me of Francois Cevert. How far we have come from those days in terms of safety is incredible, so thankful Romain is okay, RIP Cevert.
F1 do have a lot of safe barriers, but yeah, not sure why that particular barrier is like that, I know it's not a usual place for an F1 car to be/crash at but still, they should have those tire barriers every wall/guard. It's probably been there since the track was first constructed and was never disturbed. I'm sure it will all be revised now, and thank goodness Romain is okay.
No I think he's talking about the safer barrier it's currently only used on oval circuits but it has an ungodly amount of energy reduction safer (steel and foam energy reduction)
This is my first year as an F1 fan and I instantly started crying and thought about the worst when I saw the fire. So glad he's okay and everybody did an amazing job, good recovery Romain! ❤
It was so scary I didn't even feel like joking about it. Despite all of the safety improvements, it's still took a ton of luck stay conscious after that sudden deceleration. It's a Miracle
yeah, Grosjean had God on his side today, i think he saved himself the fact that he was even conscious after such a stunt is amazing, i didn't want to see someone die live on TV, hopefully he gets back healthy and i can continue memeing later
@@BAR-wd2sx Surprised at how little his passing has been mentioned, the incident with the barrier is very very similar. Maybe because it is just such a awful incident, people are trying not to bring it up.
I've seen a lot of bad crashes in f1 over the years. I've been worried a couple of times. I've never been this terrified for a driver's life. So happy he's ok. the medical car drivers too, absolute heroes. Also Romain himself, the biggest reason he's alive is because he remained calm, got himself unbuckled, found his way through the halo and the mangled armco. to remain calm and focussed while in a massive fireball is something else.
Daniil really talks as an F1-racer. They can feel adrenaline, anger and pressure in one second to become a humble, scared and humane person in the next when they saw Grosjean's crash. Still looking back it is hard to understand that he survived. It is still like he died, that's how severe and horrific it was
Glad Romain made it out of this one alive. Makes me wonder how safe this type of barrier is, as it’s similar in style to the single barrier that punctured Kubica’s rally car and nearly severed his hand. Vettel is totally right that the barrier shouldn’t have split open and the car / fuel tank shouldn’t have caught fire like that, but since it did happen I think they might need to take a close look at how they can improve metal barriers if they continue to use them. On the one hand, metal barriers absorb energy better than a concrete barrier, but the car can only be so safe and it can’t protect well against a broken barrier cutting into the chassis.
Vettel is spot on to be fair. Everyone keeps saying its amazing how quick the response was.... A couple of guys turned up with some small fire extinguishers and was not really putting out the fire, they didn't really help... If Grosjean had been knocked out or unable to get out that vehicle himself, he would have burned alive, as those fire extinguishers were not doing much to put out the fire. It was the Halo and Grosjean getting up and out of the car, that saved his life it had nothing to do with the safety car or marshals. Those marshals were not controlling that fire, they didn't have the tools to control or reduce that fire quick enough. Nothing against the marshalls as you are not going to put out an inferno with some basic fire extinguishers. The Marshals were just there watching an inferno and could not really do anything
Glad to see and hear that Romain is okay and with all the safety in the cars he was able to get out, unfortunately that barrier that was supposed to help prevent a bad incident didn't do its job fully.
Vettel really voiced out my concerns. The guard rail shouldn't fail like that and the car shouldn't burst into a ball of flames. I thought he crashed into fuel barrels or something. Crazy.
Seeing the car turn when we were watching there was first a yell of excitement but as soon as the impact happend that turned into fear seeing the car burst in flames and imidiatly not seeing what was going on was terrefying. I cant imagine how it must have been for Romain thank god for the Halo. If we wouldnt have it we could have added Romain Grosjean today on the list of f1 drivers who died in a race. Never have i ever been more happy to see a driver be well and okay get well soon Romain
Charles LeClerc is now an Honourary Aussie...his words were priceless...and the most beautiful thing out of ALL the radio chatter...who was it...and...IS HE OUT...IS HE OK...shows the true comraderie between the driver in what is one of the most dangerous (no matter how safe they make the cars) motorsports in the world...god speed to all drivers!!!!! Cheers from Aus!!!!
It's so that you can easily drag a car off of the track without having to drag it all the way around the track they have openings like this on almost every single permanent formula 1 track. But what they should do to make it safer instead of angling it just put one barrier offset to the next barrier so that they're still parallel with the track and able to drag the car off the track I don't know why they never thought about that
No matter how many memes we make I think everybody is ecstatic to see Romain Grosjean walk away from that horrific accident. Something like that shouldn’t have to happen, Bahrain International Circuit need to take a look at the safety measures ahead of next weekend
I think the car breaking partly saved his life as well while also endangering it. Like imagine if he got stuck in the barrier and his car was on fire. Or he got stuck. The halo definatly saved him from protentialy getting dicapitated and worse injuries.
Interesting insight into the minds of the drivers. Hamilton (in another interview) sees the bigger picture where this serves as a reminder to the world of the sheer danger that their sport has and that that should not be underestimated even with all that’s been done to increase safety. Vettel more clinically is straight in about how the guard rail failed and that can’t be allowed to happen. Of course the first concern for both is that Grosjean is safe
And it's comments like that from Seb that enable continuous improvement. Yes, RG getting out of that fireball was a miracle, and safety has come a long way, but it still has a long way to go. Improvements to barrier design could come from comments like this and save a life down the line.
I legitimately shouted "Oh my god" at the TV earlier today. I couldn't help myself, it was shocking. Seeing a car shoot off-track like that is shocking enough but once I saw the fireball erupt fro his car I honestly thought whoever was in there was gone. I'm so glad Grosjean is okay, best of wishes to you. Stay strong and race another day!
Hope Dany is feeling ok. As for the case with Grosjean, it really wasn't his fault - but it must have been horrifying to watch Romain burst into flames. As for Romain - so glad you're alive. Wishing you a speedy recovery!
Love the response from Kyvat, what Grosjean was doing immediately became unimportant as soon as his mortality was at stake. I love the human in Kyvat, he could have easily said the crash was romains fault and moved on
I wasn’t really for the HALO at first but after Le Clercs accident with Alonso in 2018 it has saved a number of lives in F1 and F2. One of scariest accidents in recent times.
To be fair Antoine had bad luck. Jules wasn't precautious enough and was travelling too fast under double yellow flags and on a slippery track. Romain ... well ... we all know his experience on crashing cars and driving like an idiot. Jean Alesi was a pretty expensive pilot in terms of car damages. Olivier Panis broke a leg in a bad luck situation. Sebastian Bourdais took a hard hit at Indy 500 qualifiying. I don't know why us frenchies like to wreck cars but judging by how badly we drive everyday, I'm not that much surprised...
What idiot designed that race circuit ? talk about safety, ?the safety workers are behind an armco barrier protruding at a ridiculous angle on to the race track, The armco facing the approaching cars should be parallel to the track and the opening for safety crew angled behind it so an impact with the barrier from an approaching car would be at less of an acute angle, The angle at which that HAAS hit the barrier was almost an exact replica of Senna's accident with a cement wall only feet from the track, but obviously armco is a little more forgiving than a concrete wall.
As Vettel said, the guard rail wasn't supposed to fail like that. Imagine if his car had a little less momentum. He would have been trapped inside the barrier and the outcome would have been much worse. Also, if a Marshall was actually being "protected" behind that protective barrier at that moment, he would be in pieces right now. Maybe these barriers are not safe enough, at least in that placement.
I see the fireball in the background and tv never showed what happened for a while, I thought someone had left some fuel at the side of the track, never in million years did I expect to see those images, I've always like Romain and was so relieved he is OK, it is a miracle, in those moments after all drivers, pit crews, the media, the marshals and us the global viewing audience were as one , praying to our gods and beliefs that Romain and anyone else trackside would be ok. Thank God thank the halo and thank the first responders. How brave of the 19 other drivers to race on. F1 will learn a little bit more to eliminate what happened today. All the best Romain, we have you in our hearts. Best wishes after this season.
Danill Kyvat was really2 somekind unsettled (I can't think any word) we can saw him looking at his mirror so often after that incident. Anyway I'm happy Grosjean is ok that's most important and main priority of this kind sport, they put their life at risk to achieve their goal
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I saw the crash and screamed. I seriously thought he was dead, to the point of tears until I saw him jump over the rails. I am so glad Grosjean is okay
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"Sebastian, how amazing are we? We've come so far with the halo and...."
"Nah, barrier was massively unsafe, car split in two and there was a massive fire"
Car splitting in two dissipated the force exactly as it's supposed to. But the fuel cell shouldn't have ruptured so easily.
Yes he really shut down the self-congratulations there by reminding everyone what the focus should be, the fact that a barrier should never heve failed in that way.
@@Undivided-X the cars aren’t supposed to split in half though, and I’m pretty sure the car splitting did nothing to soften the impact as it was 56 G smash
@@surrealorb8325 yeah I'm relatively sure that according to the laws of physics, if an object breaks on impact, the total force (and consequently, velocity) gets distributed (as a vector sum) among the remaining pieces, so technically, the car breaking would have had some impact in reducing the G force of the safety cell itself. The question is, would that resultant G force of the safety cell part of the car be safe enough. Arguably not if Grosjean had just hit an unyielding object headfirst, which is where we can be thankful that it was the halo that took that impact and not Grosjean's helmet.
@@surrealorb8325 they're literally designed to split in half
My heart stopped when I saw his car burst into the flames. I'm so glad he's fine.
same
When the commentators went quite I thought he had died
My heart kept going, no change.
Same
It didn't just burst into flames, it exploded.
Seb got it spot on, guard rails shouldn't fail like that
and the car shouldn’t have exploded like that
Guard rails on straights are not designed for almost 90 degree high speed impact but sharp angle ones. Obviously they need to rethink the design due to rare occasions like this.
Inspector Seb doing his job.
@@azranasuha3306 the car only exploded because the front was caught by the barrier but the rear was doing 250+ kph, which made it snap in half and spill out the fuel.
@@azranasuha3306 It exploded like that because the barrier ripped the car in half exposing the fuel. The cars are designed to not explode like that hence why we never see cars go up in flames like that on impact, even major ones, but again, in this case the car was ripped in half. And that guard rail isn't a common one either, it's probably been there since the track was first constructed and was never disturbed.
I'm sure it will all be revised now, and thank goodness Romain is okay.
vettel had the most legit answer a German approach to it
More like the approach of a GPDA member.
@@banb6385 GPDA director
Yeah
All Germans I know are always straight to the point and are like him
It's true, it's very good Romain survived and is OK considering the circumstances, but the FIA absolutely have to investigate what happened for the guard rail to fail like that and for the car to split into two pieces and burst into flames
Vettel's pretty on point right there.
Exactly, Romain could have been trapped under the barrier. Would have been very nasty.
It was my immediate thought - normally, guard rails don't split like that but bend as a one piece. Reminds me of rally accident of Robert Kubica - he almost died because guard rail wasn't secured properly...
@@eTengu yes and no, it was just one part of rail when kubica had its accident, right ? he just hit it in the worst way he could
IMO there are difference in terms of structure, design, damage, impact angle, etc. between guardrails on certain parts of the circuit. Probably, the guardrails near the straight is weaker compared to guardrails near the corner because it was not expected to have a major crash on that part
@@ItIsYourBoyMe Also a bit weird the fuel tank stuck with the driver and caught fire. Some serious improvements to be made.
Incredible how Romain survived that.
The safety of these cars has came a very very very long way to this point to have the halo screen if it wasn't there Romain Grosjean would have dead on impact
Yeah it is
It was Ripedd in half roaring lion
I think In some way the car breaking saved him as well. Imagine if he got stuck in the barrier with his car. It woulf have been even more difficult to get out.
Its only halo
My heart sunk when I saw Romain crash and especially when they didn't show the replays or him getting out of the car for a good 5 mins as that's always a bad sign. I was cheering in happiness when I saw him at the back of the medical car.
I was like why aren’t they showing him
@@lohithreddy6629 exactly that's why my heart sunk because the last time that happened was with Anthoine last year and Jules in 2014
I know! If we had seen the replay before seeing him in the medical car I wouldn’t have quite believed my eyes at first!
@@AmanAli-dc1sy I was shitting it because after a crash when they pan to a wide-shot usually they think it's a fatality
It's all about you.
We are very lucky to still have Romain!
Bruh you here
Wait a minute... You watch F1?
@@andresaare1802 Bro I want to believe you aren't talk serious
Crashjean just wanted a retirement highlight crash
@@andlaine That’s not the right time to say it. Cmon he just survived fatal crash and you just make fun of him? What’s wrong with you?
Imagine how kvyat felt during that moment
how?, grosjean was the idiot that crossed the entire track.
And then also when he crashed into Stroll. I actually feel sorry for him
@@horacio7465 By the looks of it Grosjean hit debris from Stroll which caused him to veer off traxck
@@YourLocalDave I don't think Kvyat deserved that penalty, he was inside and didn't really have anywhere to go
@@rando842 Kvyat got the penalty for the incident with Stroll.
When I saw the crash live I honestly though that he died
Me too. Horrifying.
Same. That was horrific. Crofty done well to keep it together during his commentary.
All I could think was that Grosjean was gone but thankfully he got out. Hopefully we don't see things like this again.
same...
My heart sank, especially after it took so long to see footage of him in the medical car, was mentally preparing for a grim announcement.
same, was 99% sure he was dead.
A miracle was witnessed We hope this doesn’t happen again
@@jonas210034 take some medicine dude...
@@jonas210034 get a life mate
You idiotic idiot , it isn't nice seeing drivers in danger
@@jonas210034 something wrong in your head mate
Why are you so sadistic
"Guard rails shouldn't fail like that"
seb got it spot on
Kvyat saying how he was angry and then immediately hoped the best for him, it really shows the respect all the guys have for each other and that the drivers all care so much for eachother
You would have to be a complete psychopath to hope someone died/got hurt because of a racing mistake and not only that but then say that on live TV.
How dumb are you to be impressed by that? It doesn’t show any special respect, that’s just normal.
@@Steve-ph7qn You’ve massively misunderstood Kvyat and Ciaran Racing. Kvyat said he was angry he got his nose cut off, completely understandable reaction, you are racing and someone cutting across you is annoying, he wasn’t in anyway saying he hoped Grojean died, that is a massive leap in logic that makes no sense, he even says himself that when he realised just how serious the incident was that all annoyance was gone immediately and fully replaced with concern and hoping his fellow driver was okay. He also says thank god he’s okay, how can you misconstrue that to “hope he died”
Kvyat response was any normal person's response, it doesn't show how much they care for each other. Wishing anything but the best would be the response whether you liked or hated the guy.
@@rogueslipheed6478 nice essay but clearly you can’t read. Edited my message since apparently it wasn’t obvious enough.
@@Steve-ph7qn See that makes more sense, it isn't my ability to read that's the issue here, it's your ability to articulate yourself.
So happy that he was okay, i screamed when i saw crash.
Same
I was on a ferry and shouted oh my god. Everyone looked at me. 😬
Yep, same
I screamed too. It was a horror.
I nearly got sick
Poor Daniil man. Just sums up how he was feeling. Dude was frantically checking his mirrors trying to see if he was okay. Glad to see Romain alive though, hope he has a speedy recovery.
Good thing is that Romain only suffered minor burns on his ankle and his hand. Still waiting for another update but i hope he was fine
I thought he should have stopped and helped out
@@johnstonlee Funny guy...
@@GenericZac well that’s what I would have done any way
@@johnstonlee lol, you have no idea what you are talking about.
if this was 70’s no chances of surviving that, impressed with the safety
Edit : the fact that grosjean gets and survives all the big crashes
he wouldn't survive such a crash 5 years ago
He doesn't survive this 3 years ago tbh it was awful
No need to go 50 years back, just 5
Without HALO, Grosjean would've been decapitated
Probably would have been just as dangers a couple years ago (-halo) never mind the 70s.
Man theres no way he could survive this in any car without HALO. His head would be gone.
Romain was really lucky he didn't go unconscious. Marshals would never get him out on time. He should change his birthday after this.
Lol at the birthday thing
Track Marshall’s were pretty poor in my opinion. Without the medic car at the start and Romain sorting himself out he wouldn’t be here
@@johnstonlee well what were they meant to do there were only three marshals there and they did all they could
@@luckysharma5319 watch the first Marshall on the screen spraying the tarmac. Hardly in life saving mode was he.
@@johnstonleehe was keeping a safe distance from the car as there was nothing he could do from that side
The fire looked like a plane crash.
Yes, the camera angle is so scary
It's basically an upside down plane crash
Yup. Not sure what fuel these cars run off but I know some motorbike race bikes run off something similar to aviation fuel
@Marius Ipad Bit of an unnecessary comment, btw fun fact bombs that killed innocent civilians in the middle East were sent from USA that's Just next to Canada
True
I truly hope Vettel stays in the sport as a safety guy or official. His grasp of what is important and how to drive is second to none at the moment.
The reactions and car might not be there now, but the brain is 100%
He would be perfect to bring F1 forward, safely and with more fairness and interest for the unbiased F1 fan.
Haven't felt chills like that since watching Japan 2014 and we know how that ended.
I unfortunately have seen the Feature Race of F2 Spa last year as well, it makes you appreciate racing so much more, but never needs a reminder like this to make one understand what risk they are taking out there!
Watching with you must be a nightmare...
Shows that even tho the cars get so safe the circumstances like faulty guard rails can mean the difference
My mind instantly went there, I called home straight away (I’m at uni away from home but we watch it religiously) and my mum was already calling me we both were silent on each end waiting for him to appear. That was earth shatteringly close. My god.
@@kickschippers4934 Lisa or lena
A decade ago, a crash like today’s would have killed the driver.
Seb has a point, the rail shouldn’t have failed that way
3 years ago without halo he wouldn't have survived coming through the rail like he did.
Each barrier is designed in a different way.
This is the barrier on a straight, it is not expected to get hit head-on as its designed to be hit at a shallow angle and to not bounce a car back out into the middle of the very fast straight.
Unlike a corner barrier with tyres that are designed to cushion a car and slow it down that way.
Definitely something for the FIA to look into though, maybe on all sections where the barrier comes out next to a service road, they should have a tyre wall or similar?
And it cannot be that close and at that angle to the track.
You don't know what you are talking about.
@@DaviAtrock If you look at the track layout that barrier is honestly completely reasonably placed. That a car should ever hit it at that angle is extremely unlikely.
Beside's the safety features, I always thought the Halo was pretty cool looking. I'm glad that it practically saved Romain's life and showed it's worth to any doubters left over it.
@Señor Popeyes Insightful
I think its uglier than sin. But I'm a huge fan of it being on open cockpit cars.
The Halo works. Without it Romain could have been decapitated.
I hated it at first, but I'm glad nobody paid any attention to what I was thinking. 😉 It's not as fugly as it first struck me, and I shudder at what the aftermath today might have looked like without the halo. 🤦♂️ I just hope it doesn't turn out we need windshields for acceptable safety, because the indy cars I've seen recently make me want to vomit. No doubt F1 would be a lot safer if cars' wheels couldn't hook each other and potentially launch or flip cars like we also saw in today's race, but I sure hope the open wheel part of open wheel racing doesn't come to an end any time soon because it's just too dangerous. I'm feeling a bit conflicted right now because on a day like today, it's hard to justify opposition toward anything that would improve survivability, but where do you draw the line? This is one time I'm pretty happy nobody cares what I think. 😉😁👍
Funny thing is, Grosjean was a pretty vocal opponent of the halo IIRC.
@@AD-df5tm yeah he admitted that in his message from the hospital but said his mind changed about the halo
i never liked the halos but after this i love them.
@@ledchickenfpv7164 Given the problems with the windshield approach (they're so thick that the view is distorted pretty bad, IIRC Vettel got carsick?) and the massive pressure to get rid of internal combustion engines altogether as soon as possible, it's likely that "Formula 1" as we know it will probably disappear before we get to windshields. Though windshields themselves would be nothing new to the sport - they were on lots of cars all the way up through 1990, though for aerodynamic reasons rather than protection.
Vettel's pretty on point right there..
considering the violence of the impact and the fact that the car was ripped in two, i cant imagine what his body would have gone through if the barrier didnt absorb that much energy
Look up for how long Vettel has been racing in F1. He's knows first hand how badly these accidents can go.
kvyat couldnt stop looking at his mirrors during the crash.. and his radio message was "please tell me he is okay".. thats gotta be heavy on you mentally
I think that even 3 years ago this wouldn't have been survivable.
What is even more amazing is that even with the most favourable outcome. We can still come away with lessons to learn.
Whoever disliked this video is disrespectful
Just making a point as a racing purist
We all wanted Romain to do well despite what we may think of him as a driver or a human
I’m pretty sure he has kids. Correct me if I’m wrong. Luckily he survived
@@sindhusojan8225 He does, I think
❤️
@@sindhusojan8225 he has 3 sons
The people that disliked the video probably disliked the the fact it happened at all. Nobody has reason to wish him harm
it was interesting to watch seb's eyes go from shaken/panicky to caluculating and angry as he allowed himself to think it through and give exactly the right answer. i'm sure all the drivers were in at least a mild state of shock, having witnessed that.
I literally thought he was dead until he pulled himself out, he must’ve fought with all his strength and will to live to be able to climb out of that car.
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He thought hecwas going to burn to death first too, what a horrific moment.
Vettel just made a Valid point.. Imagine if this was in early 80's or 90's.
I guess even in 2017 he would have died.
Yeah, imagine...
Yeah people laughed when they started talking about bringing in the halo. This would have definitely been a death without it.
@@anarchybreed Agreed bro..
@@Charliechorizo It could have been terrible..
when I saw that crash, I literally stood up with shock and was praying for him to be ok. Like Toto and Pierre said, I didn’t know that modern Formula 1 cars can break in half. Also like Seb said, the barriers were unsafe. But the halo and the firesuit did its job and kept Grosjean alive. I was really glad that he didn’t go unconcious because with that impact (of 64G I think it was), it won’t be strange to go unconcious. I think god does exist.
I heard everyone's messages after the race, and I swear the saddest ones were Charles and Kimi. I cried. Charles's was very sad
As soon as I saw this crash, it reminded me of Francois Cevert. How far we have come from those days in terms of safety is incredible, so thankful Romain is okay, RIP Cevert.
Thank God he's is alive 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
*God
No, thank science and engineering.
@@MarkChance why God has given ideas of advanced science to the people so that's why halo was used and other safety features
@@kiranjitkaur1508 So you're basically saying, god created the halo. I see what you did there. Very clever and funny.
Why don't yoou god for the crash?
I wish Romain the best recovery!
Halo did great job, but this is miracle
Glad he made it, but why doesn't the F1 use a guardrail like the ones in Indycar that dampen when a car crashes into the guardrail?
F1 do have a lot of safe barriers, but yeah, not sure why that particular barrier is like that, I know it's not a usual place for an F1 car to be/crash at but still, they should have those tire barriers every wall/guard. It's probably been there since the track was first constructed and was never disturbed.
I'm sure it will all be revised now, and thank goodness Romain is okay.
I think it's because of the cost, but i'm not sure..
No I think he's talking about the safer barrier it's currently only used on oval circuits but it has an ungodly amount of energy reduction safer (steel and foam energy reduction)
This barrier should flex and dampen the impact, but in this case it clearly didn't do it well enough.
Because normal drivers dont crash on those straights usually...
This is my first year as an F1 fan and I instantly started crying and thought about the worst when I saw the fire. So glad he's okay and everybody did an amazing job, good recovery Romain! ❤
Looking at the video after the crash, it is a miracle he got out and is alive. Prayers with him and his family
Thank goodness the cars these days are safer! Rest up Romain Grosjean!
Here in China, people like Vettle tend to get into trouble. He's the kind of clear-headed voice that people should cherish.
It was so scary I didn't even feel like joking about it. Despite all of the safety improvements, it's still took a ton of luck stay conscious after that sudden deceleration. It's a Miracle
yeah, Grosjean had God on his side today, i think he saved himself the fact that he was even conscious after such a stunt is amazing, i didn't want to see someone die live on TV, hopefully he gets back healthy and i can continue memeing later
@@NightElveee fk god
God? Why did it happen then? Maybe more the need to live on for his children and his wife
It's a good job he remained conscious and could get himself out. They could never have got to him.
I'm telling you man, I want Seb to become a Race Director. He got such insight.
I think Francois Cervert was looking over Romain today.
exactly my thought, i remember instantly
Not wrong , guardrail should be replaced or covered
Hello Stephanie, Are we open to know each other?
And Helmut Koinigg!
@@BAR-wd2sx Surprised at how little his passing has been mentioned, the incident with the barrier is very very similar. Maybe because it is just such a awful incident, people are trying not to bring it up.
I've seen a lot of bad crashes in f1 over the years. I've been worried a couple of times. I've never been this terrified for a driver's life. So happy he's ok. the medical car drivers too, absolute heroes. Also Romain himself, the biggest reason he's alive is because he remained calm, got himself unbuckled, found his way through the halo and the mangled armco. to remain calm and focussed while in a massive fireball is something else.
Thank goodness for the safety in F1
charles and pierre remember that moment when close friend hubert crash very emotional for this guys
For 2 minutes I feared the worst!
Very happy that he is somewhat ok 🥲
Daniil really talks as an F1-racer. They can feel adrenaline, anger and pressure in one second to become a humble, scared and humane person in the next when they saw Grosjean's crash. Still looking back it is hard to understand that he survived. It is still like he died, that's how severe and horrific it was
Glad Romain made it out of this one alive. Makes me wonder how safe this type of barrier is, as it’s similar in style to the single barrier that punctured Kubica’s rally car and nearly severed his hand. Vettel is totally right that the barrier shouldn’t have split open and the car / fuel tank shouldn’t have caught fire like that, but since it did happen I think they might need to take a close look at how they can improve metal barriers if they continue to use them. On the one hand, metal barriers absorb energy better than a concrete barrier, but the car can only be so safe and it can’t protect well against a broken barrier cutting into the chassis.
Pray for Romain 🙏
He clearly ok 😂😂😂
Idiot
@@alex_o_56 XD.
You should of done that before the race
@@laurenball2950 depending on what you call ok
He had a halo and a couple of really quick and strong guardian angels that saved his life. Props to the first responder humans, too.
The inferno reminds me of Ronnie Petersons fatal crash at monza
For me its kinda more like Helmuth Koinigg's fatal crash in Watkins Glen and Martin Donnelly's crash in Jerez
@@fabianrocha9924 That was the first thing I thought when I saw the car go through the railings, he's a lucky boy...
@@fabianrocha9924 oooohh yea that was a reeaallyy bad one
@@fabianrocha9924 looked up the koinigg crash saw the thumbnail and just couldn’t watch it. Honestly horrific.
@@WoahThatsCozy Good decision.
I liked how honest Kvyat was, fair play to the guy.
Vettel is spot on to be fair. Everyone keeps saying its amazing how quick the response was.... A couple of guys turned up with some small fire extinguishers and was not really putting out the fire, they didn't really help...
If Grosjean had been knocked out or unable to get out that vehicle himself, he would have burned alive, as those fire extinguishers were not doing much to put out the fire.
It was the Halo and Grosjean getting up and out of the car, that saved his life it had nothing to do with the safety car or marshals. Those marshals were not controlling that fire, they didn't have the tools to control or reduce that fire quick enough. Nothing against the marshalls as you are not going to put out an inferno with some basic fire extinguishers. The Marshals were just there watching an inferno and could not really do anything
Thankfully Formula 1 cars wear halo's, so the Driver's don't have to.
@@waschberserker Thanks!
Glad to see and hear that Romain is okay and with all the safety in the cars he was able to get out, unfortunately that barrier that was supposed to help prevent a bad incident didn't do its job fully.
Burned feet and hands, broken ribs. Incredible job by the safety innovators to make the sport as safe as it is.
Does he have broken ribs? Are you sure? I only heard about "2 broken toes" so far
@@Abissiko They said something about Grosjean Possibly having about 2 broken ribs during the red flag update.
@@jeffreyvences5746 oh okay, thanks
Still, he is one lucky guy!
@@Abissiko Yes he is!!! We will most likely find out by tomorrow what's going on.
I’ll take those injuries any day of the week with a crash like that
I'm just happy that Romain got out of the crash with only minor injuries. When I saw the Crash in TV my heart stopped beating for a second.
Vettel really voiced out my concerns. The guard rail shouldn't fail like that and the car shouldn't burst into a ball of flames. I thought he crashed into fuel barrels or something. Crazy.
The inferno reminds me of Jos Verstappen and Eddie Irvine... THANK GOD he survived.👍👏
Verstappens spillover in the pitlane?
@@David-eh9le Yeah
They only survived because of the halo.
Netflix: Dramatic heli shots and all 10 teams reactions then like 10 slo- mo’s of Grosjean escaping
"Roman talking from his hospital bed".
"Hulkenberg digging his race-suit out the closet".
that was one of the most horrifying crashes I've ever seen. Glad hes relatively ok!
It's not just about the fire and the halo who saved his head its also the point that he survived a 50g frontal impact is insane
Man my hand flew to my mouth when I saw the crash
Seeing the car turn when we were watching there was first a yell of excitement but as soon as the impact happend that turned into fear seeing the car burst in flames and imidiatly not seeing what was going on was terrefying. I cant imagine how it must have been for Romain thank god for the Halo. If we wouldnt have it we could have added Romain Grosjean today on the list of f1 drivers who died in a race. Never have i ever been more happy to see a driver be well and okay get well soon Romain
I thought romain died for a second
Until I saw him in the car I thought he was dead.
Charles LeClerc is now an Honourary Aussie...his words were priceless...and the most beautiful thing out of ALL the radio chatter...who was it...and...IS HE OUT...IS HE OK...shows the true comraderie between the driver in what is one of the most dangerous (no matter how safe they make the cars) motorsports in the world...god speed to all drivers!!!!! Cheers from Aus!!!!
It was clearly the angle of the barrier in relation to the flow of the track that was the issue wtf were they thinking before putting that there???
It's so that you can easily drag a car off of the track without having to drag it all the way around the track they have openings like this on almost every single permanent formula 1 track. But what they should do to make it safer instead of angling it just put one barrier offset to the next barrier so that they're still parallel with the track and able to drag the car off the track I don't know why they never thought about that
That was my thought also. the angle of inpact was could not be alot worse.
Exactly what i thought!! Those rails are inwards to the track and not parallel.
No matter how many memes we make I think everybody is ecstatic to see Romain Grosjean walk away from that horrific accident. Something like that shouldn’t have to happen, Bahrain International Circuit need to take a look at the safety measures ahead of next weekend
So lucky to be alive. Halo literally proved to be his guardian angel.. Seb has a point
I think the car breaking partly saved his life as well while also endangering it.
Like imagine if he got stuck in the barrier and his car was on fire. Or he got stuck.
The halo definatly saved him from protentialy getting dicapitated and worse injuries.
Interesting insight into the minds of the drivers. Hamilton (in another interview) sees the bigger picture where this serves as a reminder to the world of the sheer danger that their sport has and that that should not be underestimated even with all that’s been done to increase safety. Vettel more clinically is straight in about how the guard rail failed and that can’t be allowed to happen. Of course the first concern for both is that Grosjean is safe
And it's comments like that from Seb that enable continuous improvement. Yes, RG getting out of that fireball was a miracle, and safety has come a long way, but it still has a long way to go. Improvements to barrier design could come from comments like this and save a life down the line.
I won't be surpised if Kvyat was traumatized by that moment
On the bright side.. More track/car safety innovations are coming. Just glad he's alive and recovering
The last time a racing car was split in half in formula racing it was fatal.
R.I.P Anthoine Hubert
Bro F off, you’re just using him for likes on a comment
@@lucablandino1268 ???
@@Abstand777 he's just saying you are fishing him for likes which doesn't seem far from true..
Fortunately for Romain not the same. Anthoine's monocoque split in two whereas grosjeans stayed together and the car split behind him.
@@lucablandino1268 at least he isn’t begging for it
I legitimately shouted "Oh my god" at the TV earlier today. I couldn't help myself, it was shocking. Seeing a car shoot off-track like that is shocking enough but once I saw the fireball erupt fro his car I honestly thought whoever was in there was gone.
I'm so glad Grosjean is okay, best of wishes to you. Stay strong and race another day!
I was like “what kind of adrenaline does Grosjean pump into his veins?”
kvyat was really terrified, you can see in the replay checking his mirrors at least 2-3 times to see wtf happened back there
Hope Dany is feeling ok.
As for the case with Grosjean, it really wasn't his fault - but it must have been horrifying to watch Romain burst into flames.
As for Romain - so glad you're alive.
Wishing you a speedy recovery!
The camaraderie between the drivers is really great, the safety of a fellow driver is the first thing on all their minds
Love the response from Kyvat, what Grosjean was doing immediately became unimportant as soon as his mortality was at stake. I love the human in Kyvat, he could have easily said the crash was romains fault and moved on
The outcome of that accident was simply a MIRACLE.
One wrong turn or wrong decision could cost a life. Today is a lucky day.
I wasn’t really for the HALO at first but after Le Clercs accident with Alonso in 2018 it has saved a number of lives in F1 and F2.
One of scariest accidents in recent times.
Jules, Antoine, and might have been Romain...
What is it with French drivers in motorsport ?
To be fair Antoine had bad luck.
Jules wasn't precautious enough and was travelling too fast under double yellow flags and on a slippery track.
Romain ... well ... we all know his experience on crashing cars and driving like an idiot.
Jean Alesi was a pretty expensive pilot in terms of car damages.
Olivier Panis broke a leg in a bad luck situation.
Sebastian Bourdais took a hard hit at Indy 500 qualifiying.
I don't know why us frenchies like to wreck cars but judging by how badly we drive everyday, I'm not that much surprised...
That crash just slammed my heart from Huberts crash back in 2019 at Spa.
BREAKING: Grosjean to switch occupations. He is devoting his life to Church service.
This is why I adore F1 so much. All the drivers are class acts.
how is it grosjean who gets and survives all these crahses
Sebs perspective is amazing. Very impressive
What idiot designed that race circuit ? talk about safety, ?the safety workers are behind an armco barrier protruding at a ridiculous angle on to the race track,
The armco facing the approaching cars should be parallel to the track and the opening for safety crew angled behind it so an impact with the barrier from an approaching car would be at less of an acute angle, The angle at which that HAAS hit the barrier was almost an exact replica of Senna's accident with a cement wall only feet from the track, but obviously armco is a little more forgiving than a concrete wall.
Without the halo there would have been any difference. Probably a halo would have saved Senna :(...
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As Vettel said, the guard rail wasn't supposed to fail like that. Imagine if his car had a little less momentum. He would have been trapped inside the barrier and the outcome would have been much worse. Also, if a Marshall was actually being "protected" behind that protective barrier at that moment, he would be in pieces right now. Maybe these barriers are not safe enough, at least in that placement.
I see the fireball in the background and tv never showed what happened for a while, I thought someone had left some fuel at the side of the track, never in million years did I expect to see those images, I've always like Romain and was so relieved he is OK, it is a miracle, in those moments after all drivers, pit crews, the media, the marshals and us the global viewing audience were as one , praying to our gods and beliefs that Romain and anyone else trackside would be ok. Thank God thank the halo and thank the first responders. How brave of the 19 other drivers to race on. F1 will learn a little bit more to eliminate what happened today. All the best Romain, we have you in our hearts. Best wishes after this season.
Danill Kyvat was really2 somekind unsettled (I can't think any word) we can saw him looking at his mirror so often after that incident. Anyway I'm happy Grosjean is ok that's most important and main priority of this kind sport, they put their life at risk to achieve their goal
shows how far safety has come in this sport, his car was in half, on fire, and the front half I'm pretty sure went THROUGH the barrier
Maybe this accident will be enough to show French Toast why racing drivers deserve what they get. Thank God Romain is okay.
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@@BMK500 😂😂😂😂😂😂 he jokingly means franz tost who said drivers shouldnt get more than 10 million
@@BMK500 he is talking about AT team principal franz tost's proposal to have driver salary cap of 10 million. Read this
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@@khasonforde8699 ah, I gotcha. I was lost there for a sec lol
I saw the crash and screamed. I seriously thought he was dead, to the point of tears until I saw him jump over the rails. I am so glad Grosjean is okay