Yeah me too, it was the first F1 race I watched live for a long time. Then boom, there goes a Grosjean. I too thought he died. He did too, then remembered he has a wife and children.
The worst part is hearing the description from him on Drive to Survive. He said something along the lines of he was about to give up from escaping until he felt a hand from a track official or whatever they are called.
@@corbinselanne7990 don't disrespect The Torpedo. This was not even close to his fault, and he was extremely apologetic and was near crying when it happened because he saw the fire and knew he was still likely inside. Grosjean knows it was his fault or a racing incident, but for crashes like this it does not matter, what matters is that he survived and they both continue to race today.
That Grosjean crash is truly unbelievable. I know everyone keeps talking about the halo every time there is an accident these days, but it genuinely seems like we've missed at least one or two potential fatalities since its introduction.
100% even if the halo didnt save his life per-se, what are the chances he’d have been aware enough to extract himself without it. There’s no way they were getting him out of there.
@@jasmine.rchrds no we haven't, Grosjean was the first one i would say was definite 100%, the rest are maybes, its certainly reduced injuries but the hyperbole about double digits lives saved is just that hyperbole
This is the only one I have no doubt about. Guy would've been decapitated or knocked unconscious in a best case scenario, but then burnt alive in that case.
I'm surprised Formula 1 approved a track design as late as the 2020's with an unprotected slat-metal fence sticking outward towards the racing surface. Grosjean's survival was miraculous, but how the track design allowed that nightmare to occur in the first place is unacceptable from F1.
it wasnt the track designs fault. there are so many barriers like that in f1. it was a freak isolated incident were somethings went right and some things went wrong.
Not to say it wasn't a hard impact but the delay is actually only due to the distance between the camera/mic and the source of sound. If you watch cricket (or baseball) from a distance you'll notice you can see the ball is hit before you hear it be hit.
He had lost it weaving like a jerk earlier on and still defended his position dangerously as if he wasn't going to get a black and white meatball flag, the idiot How he wasn't banned for that I'll never know
I've seen this crash so many times and had never noticed that! 😱. F3 is heading back to Monaco this weekend with a 30 car grid... hopes its a bit better behaved 😅
There are several high-profile drag racers that won't race with Armco barriers on the track. yet Formula 1 does it all the time. with all the money they have, safer barriers should be installed
@@stevebigansky9372it happens in every series on the planet. theyre humans, not robots. How many times do we see legendary teams like Ferrari make these types of mistakes? all the time.
