![]() ![]() Preliminary investigations indicate that without the halo there was a good chance Grosjean’s head would have struck the barrier in the impact - likely killing him. It also represents a sea change for a man who once thought a piece of safety equipment was unnecessary, until it saved his life. There is no question that leaps in F1 safety is the reason we’re talking about this accident today as a success story, and not a colossal sporting tragedy. This means the breathing system and the helmet seal itself prevented any possibility of smoke inhalation. ![]() How the car split shows just how strong the modern monocoque is, and the fact that Grosjean only suffered minor burns despite being engulfed in a fireball shows that everything worked.Īn aside, that will mostly get lost in discussing the crash, but is equally ludicrous, is that no signs of smoke were found inside Grosjean’s helmet. An extensive bulkhead protects the monocoque from the engine itself, which appears to be where the car split in two in the Grosjean crash. From there a driver’s legs are protected by layers of Kevlar, sandwiched with Nomex, a flame resistant material, and a fire safety system is built into the cockpit, which can spray extinguishing foam in the result of a crash. Now the modern monocoque is like something out a video game - in all the right ways.Ĭonstructed out of 12 layers of carbon fiber, the shell itself is designed to withstand the most horrific crash tests imaginable. The initial implementation of the survival cell, or “monocoque” began in 1981, but has undergone significant design improvements and scientific leaps over the years. The result is that the fundamental structure of the modern car puts as much protection between the driver and the engine as possible. In each of the last 10 years at least one change has been made to car design to make it safer for drivers. Thankful to the FIA for the massive strides we’ve taken for Romain to walk away from that safely.Aside from the halo, the Bahrain GP crash was a testament to numerous other safety measures that have been added to Formula One cars in recent years. ![]() Wow … the risk we take is no joke, for those of you out there that forget that we put our life on the line for this sport and for what we love to do. Seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton wrote on Twitter: “I’m so grateful Romain is safe. ![]() Without even one of those things it could have been a very different outcome.” “It just goes to show all the systems, the halo, the barriers, the seat belt, all worked as they should. “Then Romain just started to get out of the car himself, which is pretty amazing after an incident like that. “In 12 years I’ve never seen that much fire,” Alan van der Merwe, the medical car driver, told Sky Sports. The mangled and charred front half of the car, from which Grosjean managed to escape on his own, was embedded in the track side barriers. Sky Sports estimated that there were 18-20 seconds between the point of impact and Grosjean emerging from the flames. The Haas team added on Twitter: “As a precaution and for further medical evaluation Romain will be transported to hospital.” Romain Grosjean emerges from the flames of the crash. ![]()
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