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That was one hell of a crash and at that sort of speed - and I think the halo certainly saved his life

The last time an F1 car split in two was at Monaco in 1991. The last time one caught fire in a crash was at Imola in 1989. And you have to go back to the 1970s to find accidents in which cars pierced barriers in such a way. On both occasions, at Watkins Glen in the USA in 1973 and 1974, the drivers, Francois Cevert and Helmut Koinigg, were killed.
I think the first fireball accident in F1 that I probably witnesed on TV was Lauda's in 1976.

F1 is a lot better today than it was back then Grosjean certainly had a guardian angel looking after him and it is a miracle he suffered only burns to his hands. The halo has probably been the biggest safety introduction in the last few yet former F1 boss Ecclestone was against it.

There are difficult questions to be asked and answered and F1 needs to take time in going through those questions when the season ends and away from public view but certainly many will centre around just how did the car spilt the barrier - and many will wonder if crash tests will provide the answers needed. I haven't seen a video of the incident yet, but it certainly does seem to me that the angle and impact and how strong are the safety barriers will be at the centre of any inestigation one the season is over

Thank God Grosjean is alive when it could hae been so so much worse.

F1 Car or crashed X-Wing ?

Seeing that (and is that all that is left of it?) does bring home how dangerous F1 is and how close Grosjean came to losing his life and tbh I reckon difficult and hard questions must now be raised and answered but I reckon we won't know anything for quite a while as I reckon it could be a lengthy inestigation.

Lewis Hamilton tested positive for virus (Mild symptoms) and will not race this weekend

George Russell will replace Lewis Hamilton this weekend

https://www.espn.co.uk/f1/story/_/id/304...-sakhir-gp

Also Michael Schumacher’s son Mick will race in F1 next season for Haas

https://www.skysports.com/f1/news/12433/...021-season

In qualifying for the Rolex Sakhir Grand Prix, Valtteri Bottas ended up on pole ahead of fellow Mercedes driver George Russell.

Russell was driving in Lewis Hamilton's car, which is set up for Hamilton and he ended up about 4 hundred's of a second behind Bottas.

Yeah it was a very good effort from George Russell. The Mercedes is clearly a very different car to drive.
He did extremely well.

Probably did better than he expected and in a car set up for hamilton no mean feat either. IF Russell get on the podium which he has shown might be a possibility it will be good weekend for Mercedes. Must be an unusual thing for Hasmilton to sit out a race when he's not injured, but overall, just how many F1 drivers tested positive this season?

predicted 123: -

1. Bottas
2. Vettel
3. Russell

^ I'm guess number 2 should read Verstappen... Vettel will be to busy spinning to get that high

Russell lead GP then both Mercedes pitted while safety car and russel got wrong tyres so had to pit agasib came our fourth but is now second!! huge if he could retake lead and win this!!