Romain Grosjean is better.
The driver of the Haas team, victim of a terrible crash on Sunday at the start of the Bahrain Grand Prix, gave an interview for TF1-LCI, during which he recounts the accident and the support of his children to whom he has a lot thought.
“I don't know if the word miracle exists or if we can use it,” says the 34-year-old Frenchman.
It was not my time.
I really saw death coming.
It was the biggest crash I have seen in my life.
Even in Hollywood, we are not able to do that!
I am happy to be alive.
"
Grosjean also returned to what happened during the 28 seconds he remained in the cockpit of his car after the explosion of the latter: “It seemed to me much longer… I saw the flames around me.
I put my hands in the fire and clearly felt that they were burning.
I had to go out for my children.
Then I felt someone pulling on my suit.
I then realized that I was outside.
"
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“I thought of a lot of things, especially Niki Lauda
(Editor's note: the Austrian champion, who died in 2019, had been burned in the face during the 1976 German Grand Prix)
.
I said to myself:
It's not possible
, I didn't want to end my Formula 1 story like that.
I'm not complaining, ”adds the native of Geneva, speaking of his burns to his hands.
"I now need to get back in the car"
At Sakhir military hospital, where he was helicoptered after the race, Romain Grosjean was able to count on the support of his relatives.
His parents, his wife, TV host Marion Jolles, and his three children: “They are my greatest source of pride and energy.
Simon, my 5 year old son, told me that I had a magical love shield that protected me, and that I had known how to fly outside the car.
The youngest drew me a drawing for daddy's sores on my hands.
"
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“I was more afraid for my loved ones than for myself in the end.
A lot of people have given me proof of love.
It touched me a lot, I had tears in my eyes.
I now need to get back in the car, if possible in Abu Dhabi, to end my F1 story in another way.
"
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