After a horror crash at the Bahrain GP: “I saw death coming” - Grosjean leaves the military hospital

Formula 1 drove in Bahrain at the weekend.

The desert GP was overshadowed by Romain Grosjean's horror crash.

• Formula 1 * was a guest in

  Bahrain

  at the weekend

  .

• The

  first of two races was

  scheduled in Sakhir *

  .

• The desert GP was

  overshadowed

  by

  Romain Grosjean's

  horror crash

>>> UPDATE <<<

Formula 1: Bahrain Grand Prix in the ticker - the race result

Update from November 2, 5:15 p.m.:

Just three days after

horror crash

at the Bahrain Grand Prix, there is good news.

The 34-year-old Haas driver is on Wednesday morning German time from the military hospital in the capital Manama

Service.

However, the Frenchman has his

can be further treated in the Arab country second degree burns to his hands.

The upcoming race weekend will also take place in Bahrain.

Grosjean regularly spoke up on

and posted a picture showing him with his teammate

,

among others

.

"Nice that you are out of the hospital, my friend," the Dane writes under the post.

The bandages on Grosjean's hands can still be seen in the photo, the Frenchman will take a

the upcoming race anyway

.

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The drivers are relaxed in the picture, but both will be replaced by young drivers in the coming year.

Not only Nikita Mazepin but also

recently

presented as a new addition to the Haas team.

would like to

compete one last time in the

last race on December 13th in Abu Dhabi

before leaving Formula 1.

The Frenchman will be replaced by the Brazilian

next weekend

.

Formula 1: Grosjean with moving words after a terrible crash - "I saw death coming"

Update from December 1, 4:45 p.m.:

As

by a miracle,

survived

the

on Sunday in

and only suffered burns on the back of his hand.

Now the F1 driver has commented on the accident for the first time.

"After this accident I am happy to be alive," the 34-year-old told the French TV channels

and

.

A total of three times he tried to get out of the burning car before he made it.

“I was most afraid for my relatives, for my children in the first place, but also for my father and mother, I really wasn't afraid for myself,”

continued: “I saw death coming, I had none other possibility than to get out of there. "

Formula 1: Grosjean reports from the hospital after an accident - Haas with a decision

Update from November 30th, 4:45 p.m.:

After the violent accident, which the French Formula 1 driver

survived with some burns, he reported to his fans via Instagram.

As his racing team announced on Monday, the driver can leave the military hospital in Bahrain on Tuesday.

Formula 1 in Bahrain: replacement driver after Grosjean crash is certain - he has a big name

According to the announcement, the treatment of the

on the back of Grosjean's hand should go well, but the Frenchman will not start next Sunday in the penultimate race of the season.

Instead, the Brazilian driver

replace Grosjean, the 24-year-old is the

of two-time Formula 1 world champion Emerson Fittipaldi.

"After it was decided that it was best for Romain to skip at least one race, the decision to put Pietro in the car was pretty easy," said Haas team boss

.

So far, the South American has only been able to

recommend

himself through

sessions, last year he started in the

.

On Sunday, Steiner expressed his wish to go into the coming race weekend with Grosjean, but the South Tyrolean waited to see "what the doctors' verdict will be and whether he wants it".

The 34-year-old hit a guardrail at the Bahrain Grand Prix on Sunday at over 220 km / h, which broke his car in two and caused it to go up in flames.

After

, the pilot freed himself from the burning wreck and got

away

with minor

.

Formula 1 in the live ticker: mega-crash at Haas driver Grosjean - French speaking with clinic video

Update from November 30th, 6.45 a.m.:

Haas driver

, who

suffered

a bad

in the first round of the

Grand Prix

, has now

spoken

personally for the first time after the

.

The

a message from the hospital

via his

account

.

In the video that

on Sunday evening, the 34-year-old can smile at the camera again.

Only the hands of the

, from which he was burned, are thickly bandaged.

“I just wanted to say that I'm okay,”

begins

his address and corrects himself again with reference to his hands: “Well, mostly okay.” “I wasn't for the

a few years ago

, but now I think it's one of the best things for

and without it I wouldn't be able to speak to you now ”, said the

about the protective bar that probably saved his life.

The 34-year-old also thanked the medical staff on the route, who quickly rushed to help.

"I hope I can write to you again soon",

concludes

his greeting message and again refers to his bandaged hands with a smile.

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Formula 1 in the live ticker: luck in misfortune for Grosjean - probably no broken bones after a horror crash

Update from November 29th, 8:49 p.m.:

miraculously

survived

his

without breaks, as the Haas racing team announced on Sunday evening.

The 34-year-old will "spend the night in the hospital to treat the burns on the back of both hands" that he suffered in his accident on the first lap.

Formula 1 in the live ticker: horror crash overshadows the Bahrain GP!

Debacle for Vettel

Update from November 29th, 6:23 pm:

“We saw the red lights, which doesn't really mean anything bad at first,” said

after the race on

: “But then we saw the fire.

World champion and winner

is visibly touched after the race.

“It was a huge shock to see it,” said the Briton: “I'm so grateful that the Halo worked.

I am very happy that the guard did not cut off his head. "

also praised

the safety precautions: "

has done incredible work in recent years to

ensure

that such accidents go so smoothly."

Formula 1 in the live ticker: Hamilton wins the spectacular desert GP in Bahrain - Grosjean's horror crash

57/57:

Lewis Hamilton wins a memorable race in Bahrain!

The night Grand Prix was spectacular, had two crashes that luckily ended with no problems.

BREAKING: @LewisHamilton wins in Bahrain!

🏆

He takes victory ahead of Max Verstappen (P2) and Alex Albon (P3) after a dramatic race at Sakhir #BahrainGP 🇧🇭 # F1 pic.twitter.com/vU2PnF6wMB

- Formula 1 (@ F1) November 29, 2020

56/57:

Thanks to the failure of Perez, Leclerc still scores points!

At least one counter for the Ferrari youngster.

54/57:

Is that bitter!

Perez 'engine gives up its ghost, smoking from the rear, it slows down.

The Mexican initially drives on, but then has to park it because his car catches fire.

The safety car is coming again.

52/57:

Ferrari experiences another disappointing weekend in Bahrain - and will not score points.

So with P3 in the constructors' championship it will probably not work ...

47/57:

There are still ten laps left in Bahrain, now Verstappen even pits again and gets new tires.

Does anyone want to get the point for the fastest race lap?

41/57:

Verstappen is only three seconds behind Hamilton, but you don't have the feeling that the Red Bull driver could really endanger the world champion.

36/57:

Now Hamilton comes into the box.

Verstappen was already there before - but it's all going smoothly.

The world champion comes out just ahead of Perez, who has not yet had a pit stop.

29/57:

It doesn't seem to be Vettel's day that actually seemed to have a good weekend.

At both starts, however, the Heppenheimer had bad luck and is now stuck in the last third.

Formula 1 in the live ticker: The race is running after two crazy accidents - Vettel with massive problems

27/57:

The Grosjean horror crash briefly shocked the drivers, reveals Lance Stroll, who also had a spectacular accident shortly afterwards.

This explains the incident.

"I couldn't see him, I was halfway through the curve," said the Canadian at

: "That's a shame, but we have to concentrate on the next race now."

23/57:

Verstappen is off Hamilton's heels, but the world champion actually has everything under control.

Meanwhile, Bottas is fighting his way forward and Leclerc also has a flow, but now has to go into the pits.

Smells like a one-stop strategy.

15/57:

There has just been new news from the hospital about Grosjean's health.

According to this, the Frenchman “only” broke two toes and second-degree burns on his wrist.

If you remember the pictures, it's almost a miracle.

14/57:

Because of the two re-starts, the field is now very close, which is why the fight for places is of course very hectic.

Vettel apparently has bigger problems and falls back to last place.

Formula 1 in the live ticker: IRRE!

Next spectacular accident after restart due to horror crash

9/57:

The safety car goes into the pits - and hopefully we have a race now!

4/57:

The race continues, but the safety car is outside and is out in front.

Stroll's car is being towed away.

⚠️ SAFETY CAR ⚠️

Stroll has crashed

The Canadian has radioed the team to say he is ok and he's out of car #BahrainGP 🇧🇭 # F1 pic.twitter.com/C6fRGPjBL3

- Formula 1 (@ F1) November 29, 2020

3/57:

THAT'S NOT

!

The next crash!

Lance Stroll is shot down in the corner and lands on his head!

This is completely crazy here, unbelievable!

The race is interrupted again, Stroll crawls out of the car, dazed.

But he seems to be fine too.

2/57:

So, the race is "continued" with a restart!

Let's hope that everything now happens without any further accidents.

Update from November 29, 4:32 p.m .:

The race will continue in a few minutes as it was canceled after the horror crash of Grosjean.

So Hamilton starts before Verstappen and Perez - Vettel starts from P10.

Update from November 29th, 4:24 pm:

Now there is the update!

The race should start again in twelve minutes.

Update from November 29th, 3:45 p.m.:

One can obviously not give a hundred percent all-clear with Grosjean, the Frenchman is taken to the hospital by helicopter.

The main thing is that the Haas driver is checked carefully.

Let's hope he's okay.

The front part of the vehicle breaks through the guardrail with Grosjean, he can save himself from the flames ... 🙏 #BahrainGP # Formel1 # Formula1 pic.twitter.com/acaKy2nca2

- 𝗠𝗷𝗮𝘆® (@superwash) November 29, 2020

Update from November 29, 3:36 p.m.:

The race will probably only continue in an hour.

Meanwhile, Günther Steiner, team boss of the racing team, talks about Grosjean's state of health: “I haven't spoken to him personally yet, but to the Medical Center.

He is in shock, but only has minor burns, "says the Austrian:" But it seems to be okay.

He was lucky in misfortune! "

1/57:

What a crazy crash!

Fortunately, Grosjean seems to be doing well.

The pictures initially suggest something bad.

The guardrail is completely destroyed, Grosjean's car broke in two.

Parts of the bolide are still in the guardrail.

Formula 1 in the live ticker: CRASH!

FIRE!

Serious accident shortly after the start - race interrupted

1/57:

Thank God nothing happened to Grosjean.

While all the other drivers are driving back into the pit lanes, there are first pictures of the Frenchman who can be seen in the medical car.

His physio is on the way to the scene of the accident.

Grosjean is taken to the ambulance by the paramedics.

The rest of the drivers in the pit lane look in shock at the TV pictures.

1/57:

CRASH!

FIRE!

What a start!

The race is interrupted immediately after the first lap because there was a serious accident in the rear field!

Apparently Romain Grosjean crashed into the guardrail, his car immediately went up in flames!

The moment Grosjean collided with the barriers # BahrainGP 🇧🇭 # F1 pic.twitter.com/VL1lMtRQjR

- Formula 1 (@ F1) November 29, 2020

Update from November 29th, 3:08 p.m .:

So, here we go!

We are already hot!

Update from November 29, 2:53 p.m.:

Spectacular and emotional pictures before the start here.

Almost all drivers get on their knees together to express their fight against racism.

In addition, Hamilton, Vettel and Co. wear shirts with the imprint "End Racism".

Update from November 29, 2:50 p.m.:

The sun in Sakhir is slowly setting, the floodlights come on.

We can look forward to a spectacular Grand Prix, at least in terms of ambience.

Hopefully it will also be gripping from a sporting point of view.

Formula 1 in the live ticker: Bahrain GP promises to be spectacular - Vettel drives into the points

Update from November 29, 2:42 p.m.:

Great action!

Sebastian Vettel announced shortly before the race that he would auction his helmet for a good cause after the last F1 race of the year in Abu Dhabi (December 13th).

All further information is available at

Update from November 29, 2:21 p.m.:

Before it starts in just under an hour, let's take a look one floor down into Formula 2. How did the weekend actually go for

?

Schumi Junior screwed up qualifying, then made a rocket start on Saturday, on Sunday he rubbed himself up in close duels, dragged his car with battered tires to the finish line in seventh place - and at the end of a wild weekend in Bahrain he still grabs his first title of

.

"That was a pretty turbulent race with seventh place," said

: "The positive aspect is that I'm still in the lead, so I'm really looking forward to the last race weekend of the season."

As championship leader,

go into the season finale next weekend, which will also rise on the desert course.

Because he successfully kept his only remaining rival, Calum Ilott, at bay.

The lead is 14 points, 48 ​​are still to be won.

A championship-defining moment ?!

💥

Ilott's pursuit of Schumacher came to an end after this collision with Daruvala 😱 # BahrainGP 🇧🇭 # F2 pic.twitter.com/r7NRMqTcsl

- Formula 2 (@ FIA_F2) November 29, 2020

Update from November 29th, 1:48 pm:

While the drivers 'championship has already been decided, it could be really exciting in the constructors' championship - at least when it comes to the "Best of the Rest".

and

marching ahead, but who will take third place?

?

,

or

?

With this in mind, today's race will be very exciting.

Update from November 29, 1:24 p.m.:

It

in less than two hours, then the lights in Sakhir turn red and the Bahrain Grand Prix starts.

form curve

continues to point slightly upwards - after finishing on the podium in Istanbul, the German beat his teammate Charles Leclerc in qualifying.

Even if it was only enough for P11 in the end, can Vettel still score points again today?

Formula 1 in the live ticker: Does Vettel also rock in Bahrain?

Schumacher vortex before the Sakhir race

Update from November 29th, 10.30 a.m.:

Sebastian Vettel left Ferrari colleague Charles Leclerc behind in qualifying.

Will he sit in front of the Monegasque in the race?

For the German it's the last few weeks at Scuderia.

The Italians won't let him go early, which is why Vettel is facing a complicated entry at Aston Martin.

Speaking of entry: Mick Schumacher is very close to his Formula 1 change!

Haas team boss Günther Steiner makes a happy announcement live on Sky.

Update from November 29, 8:40 a.m .:

What's in it for Sebastian Vettel today?

In Turkey, too, he drove far forward from behind, but it shouldn't be that easy in Bahrain.

We are curious that you will not miss anything in the LIve ticker.

Formula 1 in the live ticker: Vettel in qualifying in front of Leclerc

4:11 p.m.:

Q3 is through!

And it is the familiar picture: Hamilton before Bottas and Verstappen.

Followed behind: Albon, Perez, Ricciardo, Ocon, Gasly, Norris and Kvyat.

3:50 p.m.:

What a shame, Sebastian Vettel!

The Ferrari driver just missed Q3 and finished eleventh.

After all: He is one place ahead of team-mate Charles Leclerc.

Lance Stroll, George Russell and Carlos Sainz are also outside.

Formula 1: Qualifying of Bahrain in the live ticker - But still hope for Vettel?

3:32 p.m

.: Dreher von Sainz!

This means that the qualifying for the McLaren driver is over early.

Maybe a chance for Sebastian Vettel?

He wasn't seen too often in Q3 this season.

3:19 p.m

.: Q1 is through!

No big surprises: Latifi, Grosjean, Magnussen, Räikkönen and Giovinazzi are out.

2:57 p.m.:

The qualifying in Bahrain is about to start here.

Can Red Bull driver Max Verstappen confirm his strong form from the third free practice session?

Update from November 28, 1:05 p.m.:

That's it for the third free practice.

Max Verstappen was the fastest, Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas follow in their Silver Arrows.

And

?

Again disappointing -

on 13,

on 15. The Reds are missing a lot in the top 10.

What's in

?

We are excited, it starts at 3 p.m.

Update from November 28, 12:06 p.m.:

The third free practice session in Bahrain is

!

Red Bull driver Alexander Albon is also back after crashing heavily on Friday.

Alex Albon hits the barriers hard in FP2 - bringing out the red flags in Bahrain 💥 😮 # BahrainGP 🇧🇭 # F1 pic.twitter.com/ONR1ER1cPO

- Formula 1 (@ F1) November 27, 2020

Formula 1: Bahrain in the live ticker - Lewis Hamilton strong in free practice

Update from November 27, 6:33 p.m

.: Even as the newly crowned record world champion,

does not

let up

a bit.

On the other hand,

arrived

back on the ground in Bahrain

.

Who can

actually stop

successful run

?

Even a long period of red at the wrong time and the flying visit of a dog on the racetrack have

not been able to slow down

the new Formula 1 record world champion in

.

The

relegated the Dutchman

(Red Bull / + 0.347 seconds) and his Finnish team-mate

(+0.365) to the places

in 1: 28.971 minutes

and set his

sights on the next amazing record.

The Briton can still reach the mark of 13 wins this season, which only

(2004 / in 18 races) and

(2013 / in 19) have achieved.

Ferrari

and

found themselves in midfield after the hint from Istanbul.

Bahrain record winner Vettel, third in Turkey this year on the podium for the first time, finished 13th in the daily statement, 1.139 seconds behind the leaders.

Formula 1 in the live ticker: Vettel with the highest hussar ride?

First report from November 27, 10.13 a.m

.: Sakhir - Two times

, once

: Formula 1 * has turned into the home straight of this extraordinary season.

The third-to-last

the season

is now on Sunday

- from 3.10 p.m. it will be

all around

in

.

Of course, the engines roar before that.

The free practice sessions start on Friday at 12 p.m. and 4 p.m.

The third practice session (12 noon) continues on Saturday before

begins

at 3 p.m.

Who keeps the coolest head in the desert?

Can Sebastian Vettel *

put another exclamation mark

after his wild ride in

?

Formula 1 in the live ticker: Grand Prix of Bahrain - again limo for Sebastian Vettel?

Vettel * was not allowed to take part in the award ceremony 17 times in a row.

The podium comeback in Istanbul was therefore something very special for the

.

“A few races had passed between numbers 120 and 121.

I don't remember all of the 120 before that.

But it was literally one of the sweeter kinds - also because there was lemonade instead of champagne in the bottles, ”said

at the press conference on Thursday.

The four-time world champion * is

not

expecting another placement among the top 3 at the

.

“It will be dry because we are in the desert.

So it will probably be difficult to get back on the podium.

For me it's about collecting points, ”said the Heppenheimer.

Formula 1 in the live ticker: is Sebastian Vettel back on the podium in Bahrain?

At

two weeks ago, rain and cool temperatures turned the track into a slide.

With a faultless race and thanks to a courageous last lap, Vettel moved up to third place.

However, his trophy did not get a place of honor.

“I took it home and put it on the kitchen table.

I'm assuming it's still there.

Unless someone put it away, ”said the 33-year-old.