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Brawn: Barrier penetration, fire, car split key concerns
Formula 1’s Managing Director of Motorsports Ross Brawn says officials have to understand why Romain Grosjean’s Haas penetrated the barrier, split in half, and caught fire in Bahrain. Grosjean suffered a head-on impact, measured at 53G and 221km/h, with the Armco barrier after tagging Daniil Kvyat between Turns 3 and 4 at the start of the Bahrain Grand Prix. The VF-20 split in half upon impact and burst into flames, with the survival cell lodging inside the wrecked crash barriers. Writing in his usual post-race column on Monday, Brawn conveyed his shock at the violence of the accident, and says Formula 1 and the FIA will work to understand key concerns. “It was a huge shock, as fire...
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