Safety carpublished at 15:41 Greenwich Mean Time 29 November 2020
Lance Stroll's car is upside down!
"OK, I am hanging upside down," he says on the radio.
Thankfully he is OK.
Summary
Hamilton wins as Perez suffers late engine failure to lose third
Long delay after Grosjean escapes first-lap crash which causes huge fire
Haas driver reported by team as 'OK' after escaping on-fire monocoque embedded within barrier
Car's cockpit breaks away from chassis before breaching barrier
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Safety carpublished at 15:41 Greenwich Mean Time 29 November 2020
Go! Go! Go!published at 15:39 Greenwich Mean Time 29 November 2020
Lap 3/57
Who is up for an incident free and routine race? I'll certainly take that.
The lights are out and for a second time Lewis Hamilton gets away well!
Postpublished at 15:37 Greenwich Mean Time 29 November 2020
Jack Nicholls
BBC Radio 5 Live F1 commentatorIt is just a naked concrete barrier (at the site of the crash). There is no tyre wall in front of them.
Postpublished at 15:37 Greenwich Mean Time 29 November 2020
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The drivers have left the pitlane and are having to shuffle about on their lap to the grid to get into the right positions. It will be a standing start.
Postpublished at 15:34 Greenwich Mean Time 29 November 2020
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Jack Nicholls
BBC Radio 5 Live F1 commentatorThey must have taken the order from the last mini sector from before Grosjean's accident. That's a very interesting one indeed.
Postpublished at 15:33 Greenwich Mean Time 29 November 2020
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Andrew Benson
BBC Sport’s chief F1 writerThey will restart in not quite the current order.
It's Hamilton from Verstappen, Perez, Bottas, in fourth not sixth, Albon, Ricciardo, Norris, Ocon, Gasly, Vettel, Stroll, Leclerc, Sainz, Giovinazzi, Kvyat, Raikkonen, Magnussen, Russell, Latifi.
'A relief'published at 15:27 Greenwich Mean Time 29 November 2020
Carlos Sainz, speaking to Sky Sports: "It is tough, especially at the beginning when you see the flames of the car and not knowing what is happening. When you see him jump out of the car it is really, really a relief."
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Race to re-start at 15:35 GMT after Grosjean crash
GJ Dawson: think this but I never want to see a crash like that EVER again. So so pleased Grosjean is alive.
Just Mick: F1 always learns from big incidents like this. We'll definitely see some circuit changes here next year but I wonder if the next innovation could be automated fire extinguisher systems integrated around barriers. Next time help might not be so close..
Matthew Murnaghan: The Halo is quite possibly the best safety innovation in motorsport history. We would've lost another driver if that halo wasn't there.
Postpublished at 15:26 Greenwich Mean Time 29 November 2020
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Jolyon Palmer
Former Renault driver on BBC Radio 5 liveThere are two options - you either do a full restart or do a restart in the order they are in now.
Race re-start at 15:35 GMTpublished at 15:24 Greenwich Mean Time 29 November 2020
That's 18:35 local time. The drivers are now getting ready to get back into their respective cars.
Standing start?published at 15:22 Greenwich Mean Time 29 November 2020
Jennie Gow
BBC Radio 5 live pit-lane reporterI have been speaking to the teams and they think it will be a standing start, but they do not know as yet. They have not been given any more details than you and I have.
Postpublished at 15:18 Greenwich Mean Time 29 November 2020
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End of twitter post'The halo may well have saved his life'published at 15:17 Greenwich Mean Time 29 November 2020
Jolyon Palmer
Former Renault driver on BBC Radio 5 liveHe’s come across Daniil Kvyat. They are trying to gain momentum on the drivers ahead then Grosjean has chopped across the nose of Kvyat on his inside. That has just pitched him into a high-speed accident with the approaching Armco and the barrier is not very far away from the track at the moment Grosjean hits. It’s actually closing in on the track and is coming in at an angle which gives Grosjean more of an angle than just a glancing blow.
The rest of it I have never seen before - how the front of the car punctures straight through the Armco, the rear falls away completely, the car is split in two and Grosjean is left in the Armco.
You have to say the halo may well have saved his life at this point.
Then there are just flames, everywhere, in the cockpit where Grosjean is, in his survival cell.
How he has walked away from it is just quite incredible. It is testament to the strength of Formula 1 cars. Just a crazy accident.
Postpublished at 15:15 Greenwich Mean Time 29 November 2020
The metal barrier Romain Grosjean crashed into has been replaced by a section of concrete barriers. The intention is still for this race to be restarted.
Postpublished at 15:13 Greenwich Mean Time 29 November 2020
If you have just clicked onto the page, this is a summary of what happened at the start of the Bahrain Grand Prix.
- The race has been stopped after a terrible crash involving Romain Grosjean.
- Haas driver's car hit a barrier head on, exploded and split in two.
- Grosjean walked away but has been taken to hospital with a suspected broken rib.
'Never seen that much fire in 12 years'published at 15:12 Greenwich Mean Time 29 November 2020
Alan van der Merwe, driver of the F1 medical car: "It was a big surprise for us.
"I've never seen that much fire in 12 years. It took a little while to process what was going on but then Romain started to get out of the car himself, which was amazing.
"It was a relief when we finally got back to the medical centre.
"Everything worked hand in hand today: the halo, the barriers, the seat belt. Without one of things it could’ve been a different outcome.
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