Romain Grosjean's burnt-out Formula 1 car to go on show

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The burnt-out ammunition of a Formula 1 car that saved Romain Grosjean's beingness successful his fiery clang astatine the 2020 Bahrain Grand Prix is to spell connected show.

The chassis from the mishap volition signifier a cardinal grounds astatine a caller authoritative Formula 1 exhibition.

It volition commencement successful Madrid adjacent period earlier touring the globe.

"The chassis is inactive successful 1 piece, the halo is determination and, isolated from the harm and burn, it is inactive arsenic it should be," Grosjean said.

"I conjecture that saved my life."

The 36-year-old Frenchman, who present races successful IndyCar successful the US, relives the accident successful a abbreviated film.

"From my constituent of view, it was a large mishap but I didn't realise the interaction oregon however convulsive it was from the outside," Grosjean says successful an interrogation filmed for the exhibition.

"It was lone the adjacent time erstwhile I asked idiosyncratic to amusement maine what it looked similar that I realised.

"My woman was really watching that contention with my dada and my kids. They volition retrieve that infinitesimal their full life. They were conscionable spectators waiting to perceive something… waiting to spot thing from Bahrain.

"I had to interruption the headrest, punching it with my helmet and past I yet managed to get my helmet done and basal up successful the seat.

"I realised my near ft was stuck into the chassis and I pulled arsenic hard arsenic I could connected my near leg. My footwear stayed successful the chassis but my ft came escaped truthful I was escaped to exit the car.

"It was 120kg of substance positive the artillery - some were connected fire. Dr Ian Roberts, Alan [van der Merwe] from the aesculapian car and 1 fireman were trying to unfastened a spread successful the occurrence to assistance maine get out. I judge that helped maine astatine slightest to get a imaginativeness of wherever I had to spell and wherever the exit was."

The F1 accumulation opens connected 24 March astatine IFEMA Madrid and features archive movie and photography, engineering and acquisition displays, interviews and celebrated cars from history.