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[marioantonini]

Yes, it's unbelievable that he could manage to just walk away from that. Incredible work by the FIA and by those who pushed so hard for the halo system to be adopted... there can be zero doubt now about its effectiveness.
That said, accidents like this shouldn't happen. I'm sure there will be a huge investigation into this, particularly with the next race being at the same track.

enormous progress has been made in terms of safety, but today was an absurd event, the car broke in half, also had a good dose of luck because after seeing the car the accident occurred by Alex Zanardi in F Indy.

I saw a print of the images from the tv and Roman's hands looked very burned, so far no news, they just say read burn

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enormous progress has been made in terms of safety, but today was an absurd event, the car broke in half, also had a good dose of luck because after seeing the car the accident occurred by Alex Zanardi in F Indy.

I saw a print of the images from the tv and Roman's hands looked very burned, so far no news, they just say read burn

Yes but to be honest that barrier was badly placed, I mean it was too close to the track and also is not the best material for the F1.
Anyway, he got incredibly lucky to save his life.

For the race as an expected easy win for Mercedes, I mean for Hamilton, Bottas is a weak driver as I always said.

Ferrari's nerfed engines can't do anything in this kind of track, freezing the engines progress is a so stupid rule.

[Cnut237]

How pity race ended for Perez. He had almost guaranted 3rd place, but his engine failed few laps before finnish.

He's a very good driver. It's crazy that he might not even get a contract anywhere for next year. He's a lot better than some of the other drivers around. He's fifth in the championship, but if it wasn't for bad luck he'd be a long way clear of the others in fourth place. I think as it stands Red Bull is his only option... surely they won't stick with Albon next year?!?

[LTU_btc]

Yes but to be honest that barrier was badly placed, I mean it was too close to the track and also is not the best material for the F1.
Anyway, he got incredibly lucky to save his life.

I agree. I don't think that car is supposed to stuck in barrier like Romain's car did. And probably most barriers should be made from tyres to absorb hit and reduce impact.

He's a very good driver. It's crazy that he might not even get a contract anywhere for next year. He's a lot better than some of the other drivers around. He's fifth in the championship, but if it wasn't for bad luck he'd be a long way clear of the others in fourth place. I think as it stands Red Bull is his only option... surely they won't stick with Albon next year?!?

And don't forget that he missed 2 races because of Covid. It's sad that he still don't have seat in F1 for next season. He would be perfect choice for Red Bull with hid experience and rich sponsors. Albon isn't doing very well this season in general without few excpetions. So far he isn't good enough to be in Red Bull, but I eould like to see him in F1 - he isn't bad driver. He just have some bad luck and can't handle pressure - same like Gasly did in Red Bull.

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He's a very good driver. It's crazy that he might not even get a contract anywhere for next year. He's a lot better than some of the other drivers around. He's fifth in the championship, but if it wasn't for bad luck he'd be a long way clear of the others in fourth place. I think as it stands Red Bull is his only option... surely they won't stick with Albon next year?!?

To be a better driver than other don't give the spot alone in the F1.
Often mediocre divers have a spot only because they bring a lot of money with sponsorship.
But not only this some drivers have a huge salary and teams can't pay them, for example, Alonso this year probably is a better driver than Latifi but Williams can't pay his salary...

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Thankfully, Haas' accident had no serious consequences. Not even a fracture for Grosjean, only abrasions and burns. Meanwhile, Ferrari was awful. On the straight it did very badly, being overtaken by everyone, and it will certainly be even worse next week with the longer straights.

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He is "ok" now, he posted a video on his Instagram and he didn't lose his sense of humor, he seems he got "only" his hands burnt

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Source: https://www.instagram.com/p/CIL-IOZJ7Xm/

He is "ok" now, he posted a video on his Instagram and he didn't lose his sense of humor, he seems he got "only" his hands burnt

It was truly a miracle. The car literally broke in two, if it had not crashed on the guardarail, at that speed, he would have surely died. His promptness saved him, with the fact that he was not unconscious in the car. Fortunately his wounds will be healed soon

[swogerino]

He's a very good driver. It's crazy that he might not even get a contract anywhere for next year. He's a lot better than some of the other drivers around. He's fifth in the championship, but if it wasn't for bad luck he'd be a long way clear of the others in fourth place. I think as it stands Red Bull is his only option... surely they won't stick with Albon next year?!?

To be a better driver than other don't give the spot alone in the F1.
Often mediocre divers have a spot only because they bring a lot of money with sponsorship.
But not only this some drivers have a huge salary and teams can't pay them, for example, Alonso this year probably is a better driver than Latifi but Williams can't pay his salary...

Even if Alonso came to Williams with the pace of the car he would only complain like he did in McLaren in the year 2015.He will be driving Renault next year and we will see how it goes,it is always great when a driver of his calibre will be back racing in an average team like Renault.

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Source: https://www.instagram.com/p/CIL-IOZJ7Xm/

He is "ok" now, he posted a video on his Instagram and he didn't lose his sense of humor, he seems he got "only" his hands burnt

It was truly a miracle. The car literally broke in two, if it had not crashed on the guardarail, at that speed, he would have surely died. His promptness saved him, with the fact that he was not unconscious in the car. Fortunately his wounds will be healed soon

He was in the fire for around 32 seconds or something.  32 seconds!  The crash helmet prolly saved him from breathing the heat, fumes and smoke.  You guys know what happened to Niki Lauda.

[Koal-84]

Amazing accident, and the fast fire ball  . And i wonder about the manly fire at the monocoque and not at the other part of the car? Grosjean have many luck, many years ago then we see such accidents at Formula1.

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He was in the fire for around 32 seconds or something.  32 seconds!  The crash helmet prolly saved him from breathing the heat, fumes and smoke.  You guys know what happened to Niki Lauda.

Probably the halo saved his life not for the hurting something but for avoiding the blackout.
If he got a blackout he probably died yesterday, there is no way they could bring him out from the fire in 20-30 seconds and saving his life.

Anyway, the important thing is that he is still here, do you think he will race this weekend?

It is possible he has nothing broken, his hands are injured but we don't know how much and the race will be in the same track, so I think it is possible.

[dre1982]

Amazing accident, and the fast fire ball  . And i wonder about the manly fire at the monocoque and not at the other part of the car? Grosjean have many luck, many years ago then we see such accidents at Formula1.

I think he was lucky that it happend within the first round so the medical car was that fast at the incident place. If it happend in the second round, things had been worse.

[swogerino]

He was in the fire for around 32 seconds or something.  32 seconds!  The crash helmet prolly saved him from breathing the heat, fumes and smoke.  You guys know what happened to Niki Lauda.

Probably the halo saved his life not for the hurting something but for avoiding the blackout.
If he got a blackout he probably died yesterday, there is no way they could bring him out from the fire in 20-30 seconds and saving his life.

Anyway, the important thing is that he is still here, do you think he will race this weekend?

It is possible he has nothing broken, his hands are injured but we don't know how much and the race will be in the same track, so I think it is possible.

I think that the halo saved his life and this is the comment of many F1 personalities which I agree with.I think the race will be in Bahrain again but in the oval circuit they say so I am not sure if it will be the same track.I don’t think Grosjean will be able to race this weekend but I hope he does.


And a breaking news Hamilton is positive with Covid so will miss this weekend race,news from official F1 page in Instagram.

[dre1982]

He was in the fire for around 32 seconds or something.  32 seconds!  The crash helmet prolly saved him from breathing the heat, fumes and smoke.  You guys know what happened to Niki Lauda.

Probably the halo saved his life not for the hurting something but for avoiding the blackout.
If he got a blackout he probably died yesterday, there is no way they could bring him out from the fire in 20-30 seconds and saving his life.

Anyway, the important thing is that he is still here, do you think he will race this weekend?

It is possible he has nothing broken, his hands are injured but we don't know how much and the race will be in the same track, so I think it is possible.

I think that the halo saved his life and this is the comment of many F1 personalities which I agree with.I think the race will be in Bahrain again but in the oval circuit they say so I am not sure if it will be the same track.I don’t think Grosjean will be able to race this weekend but I hope he does.


And a breaking news Hamilton is positive with Covid so will miss this weekend race,news from official F1 page in Instagram.

Grosjean won't race this weekend. He will be replaced by Pietro Fittipaldi. I haven't heard anything about the last race of this season.

[Naida_BR]

And a breaking news Hamilton is positive with Covid so will miss this weekend race,news from official F1 page in Instagram.

This is so sad news for the champion.
Now the interesting part is how is going to replace him for the Sakir grand prix? Would it be Vandoorne?

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This is so sad news for the champion.
Now the interesting part is how is going to replace him for the Sakir grand prix? Would it be Vandoorne?

IF I need to guess... Hulkenberg

But they probably use one of their 3rd drivers, Stoffel Vandoorne and Esteban Gutierrez

[dre1982]

This is so sad news for the champion.
Now the interesting part is how is going to replace him for the Sakir grand prix? Would it be Vandoorne?

IF I need to guess... Hulkenberg

But they probably use one of their 3rd drivers, Stoffel Vandoorne and Esteban Gutierrez

They can even go for George Russell. Williams have to find themself a reserve but  Jack Aitken is already in Bahrein and he got also a superlicence so who knows. Maybe we will see George scoring his first points.

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They can even go for George Russell. Williams have to find themself a reserve but  Jack Aitken is already in Bahrein and he got also a superlicence so who knows. Maybe we will see George scoring his first points.

Russell is a risk... for Bottas.
Russell is very strong and I think he can go faster than Bottas 

I like him and this could be a possibility I forgot about him.

[LTU_btc]

Haas announced that Nikita Mazepin signed multi year deal:
https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article.breaking-haas-sign-f2-racer-nikita-mazepin-for-2021-on-multi-year-deal.4PefsyopWnbM4MQYZBkKSj.html
Personally, I would liked to see Shwartzman or Illot, but not surprised about Haas choice. Another kid of rich father in F1.Though, he isn't bad like Latifi.
Other spot is reserved for Mick Shumacher.

Russell is a risk... for Bottas.
Russell is very strong and I think he can go faster than Bottas 

I like him and this could be a possibility I forgot about him.

I doubt that he can show amazing results on his first weekend on new car without much preparation. I often see comments that anyone would win races on Mercedes car, but I think it's not true.
It also would be interesting to see Hulkenberg, it would be good chance for him to reach his first career podium. But I think it's not likely that Mercedes will pick him.