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- Formula One driver Romain Grosjean has shared photos of the burns to his right hand sustained in his horror crash at the Bahrain Grand Prix.
- Grosjean crashed with the steel barrier on the first lap of the November 29 race, causing his car to split in half and burst into flames.
- Miraculously, despite being trapped inside the burning vehicle for 28 seconds, the Frenchman escaped mostly unscathed apart from burns to both of his hands.
- “Bloody hell, makes me super happy to have my right hand free from dressings,” he said. “Waiting for my left hand to recover now.”
- Warning: This post contains graphic images of Grosjean’s injuries.
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Formula One driver Romain Grosjean has shared photos of the burns to his right hand sustained during his horror crash at the Bahrain Grand Prix.
Grosjean crashed into the steel barrier on the first lap of the November 29 race, causing his car to split in half and burst into flames.
Despite being trapped inside the burning vehicle for 28 seconds and later saying he had accepted he was going to die,the Frenchman escaped mostly unscathed apart from burns to both of his hands for which he is still undergoing treatment in Switzerland.
“50% back,” Grosjean said on Instagram Thursday after having the bandages removed from his right hand. They currently remain on his left.
“Bloody hell, makes me super happy to have my right hand free from dressings. Loads of creaming all day long but it feels so good to see it in such good shape. Waiting for my left hand to recover now.”
Warning: The picture below shows Grosjean's injuries in graphic detail.
Grosjean's injuries forced him out of the the final two races of the season in Sakhir and Abu Dhabi, and as of yet, he will not race next season after his contract with Haas was not renewed and he was unable to find another seat for 2021.
The 34-year-old hinted in an Instagram post on Friday that he would be retiring from the sport.
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