Haas driver Romain Grosjean, who survived a terrifying accident at Sunday’s Bahrain Grand Prix, is hoping to return to racing for the ultimate grand prix of the season, his workforce boss Guenther Steiner has mentioned.
Grosjean escaped from the fiery accident in Bahrain with out extreme accidents and is being handled in hospital for second-degree burns on the backs of his palms.
His accidents imply he won’t be able to participate on this weekend’s Sakhir Grand Prix in Bahrain and will likely be changed by reserve driver Pietro Fittipaldi.
Nevertheless, the Frenchman is hoping to return for the season finale in Abu Dhabi on December 13, which would be the final race of his Haas contract and probably the final race of his Method One profession.
Talking in an internet press convention on Tuesday, Steiner mentioned he had spoken to Grosjean that day and his driver was eager to return if his burns have sufficiently healed.
“Sure, completely,” Steiner mentioned when requested if his driver was additionally mentally ready to race once more. “That’s his intention now, to heal up [and] that he needs to do Abu Dhabi.”
Steiner revealed Grosjean would spend an additional evening in hospital on Tuesday, however mentioned it was as a precaution and never as a result of additional problems together with his accidents.
“I simply spoke with considered one of his guys, as he was with the physician earlier than, they did one thing with the burns, I do not know precisely what,” Steiner mentioned. “He is staying one other evening within the hospital, however it’s nothing to be preoccupied with.
“They simply mentioned it is a safer setting, I assume largely due to the burns. They mentioned we maintain you right here one other evening.
“However every little thing goes good. His man, simply talked with him, advised me the docs are proud of him and the therapeutic course of is as they’d have seen it coming. No set again or nothing.”
Grosjean posted a photograph from his hospital room on Tuesday, displaying him coaching with bandages on his palms.
Steiner mentioned the FIA had already inspected the stays of Grosjean’s automobile, which break up a crash barrier and burst into flames through the 53G influence on Sunday evening. A full investigation is anticipated to comply with that will end in new F1 security measures sooner or later.
“They had been right here [at the track] yesterday, if I say all day perhaps it is an exaggeration, however they spent 4 to 6 hours right here, [FIA technical delegate] Jo Bauer and [FIA head of competitor safety] Nuno Costa had been inspecting every little thing and every little thing was very properly inspected,” Steiner mentioned.
“I feel there’s a assembly occurring in the present day or tomorrow [Tuesday or Wednesday] with our guys in case they’ve any questions, however they’re performed with the automobile and we are able to take the automobile again, however there is no such thing as a end result but.
“For certain if you do an investigation you provide you with how every bit may be developed higher for the longer term to be safer, however so far as I do know they haven’t any points with our automobile in any respect and every little thing was to the rules.
“So the assembly is tomorrow, however I do not assume something was suspect. Now we have to see what’s one of the best ways to make it even higher.”