Romain Grosjean escaped from the fiery hell at the Bahrain Grand Prix.
Brynn Lennon, ČTK / AP
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“I’m disappointed and disgusted by the way they’ve shown it over and over again. The fire, the halved car and then, as if that weren’t enough, the view from the camera in his car. Like in Hollywood,” Renault driver was quoted as saying by Reuters.
“Why did we have to watch it when the race was stopped and we waited for over an hour for a new start? His family had to watch it, the families of us all had to watch it. It was unfair. This is really not fun,” he said. Ricciardo, who finished seventh in the victory of a certain world champion Lewis Hamilton.
Hamilton won the F1 race in Bahrain in a terrible accident
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Valtteri Bottas also criticized the management of the series. “Sure, people want to see it. But there are some boundaries too … It was enough and he didn’t have to get out of it,” said the Finnish rider.
Furt incredible. Romain Grosjean greets hospital fans.pic.twitter.com/0i7e7eOvaQ
– Vilem Franek (@vildafranek) November 29, 2020
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A championship spokesman pointed out that F1 management had followed an approved protocol for similar situations. “Repeated shots of any serious accident can only be released once it has been confirmed that the rider is safe,” he said.
Grosjean crashed into a barrier in the first lap after a collision with Daniil Kvjat at high speed. His car broke, crashed, and caught fire. The thirty-four-year-old Haas pilot was able to get out of the cockpit after about half a minute, escaping the menacing-looking accident with only minor burns, especially on his hands. Today, his team announced that Grosjean would be released from the hospital on Tuesday.
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