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rCLAfter the shock, I open my eyes,rCY he said. rCLI take off my harness, I hit something that blocks me: I think it's the halo. I sit down and I
tell myself that someone will come and help me. At this moment, I don't realise that there is fire.

"Then I look to the left: it's all orange; I find it weird. I understood
then that there was fire because the plastic of my rCytear offrCO (visor) caught fire. I try to get out without succeeding.

"I have time to think that I will end up like Niki Lauda, rCirCiburnt. I
tell myself that it is not possible, that I cannot end like this. I
tried straight ahead, then right. Every time, I'm stuck.

rCLI sit down again and there is a strange moment when I see death as near
as you can see it. My body almost relaxes and tells itself it's over.

"I wondered which part was going to burn first, and if it was going to
be my hand. I took 53G on my head so obviously I'm a little stunned.

rCLBut then I pull like crazy because my left foot is stuck under the
pedal. I tell myself that I haven't tried to slip on the other side yet.

"I put my hands in the fire, the gloves turn all black, I feel the pain,
I know then that I am burning my hands. As the chest passes (the
cockpit), it's deliverance. I know I'm going to live. I pass the
barrier, I feel the doctor pulling on my suit. He says to me rCySit downrCO.

rCLThe impact, frankly, is not that bad. Everyone thought I would have a concussion or a blackout. But nothing, I can hear [FIA Dr] Ian Roberts
talking to me. I immediately thought of removing the gloves, which were melting.rCY

Grosjean added: "The survival instinct was the strongest - even after
thinking that I was going to die, I had the lucidity to think about the movement to be made.

rCLI saw death too closely, it's a feeling that I don't wish on anyone. It will change my life forever. At that point, I wasn't scared, I wasn't
annoyed but I didn't want it to end like this."

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Interview was with French media,so probably translated.

There is a little bit more on the link.
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On 4/12/2020 1:27 am, Brian Lawrence wrote:

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There is a little bit more on the link.

Like:

"The big problem is the left hand,rCY he said. rCLIt will take three weeks
for it to heal. So the idea, if I drive to Abu Dhabi, is to put on
cream, and a latex glove before putting on the fireproof glove.

Fireproof glove ? Hmmmmm.

geoff
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On 12/3/2020 1:59 PM, geoff wrote:

On 4/12/2020 1:27 am, Brian Lawrence wrote:

<https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/55172481>

"The big problem is the left hand,rCY he said. rCLIt will take three
weeks for it to heal. So the idea, if I drive to Abu Dhabi, is to put
on cream, and a latex glove before putting on the fireproof glove.

Fireproof glove ? Hmmmmm.

AIUI from reading somewhere else, the glove melted - it did not combust.

--
Mark Jackson - http://www.alumni.caltech.edu/~mjackson
Perhaps flamenco guitar is ethically innocent
of any tendency to induce decay. - John Holbo
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On 2020-12-03 10:59 a.m., geoff wrote:

On 4/12/2020 1:27 am, Brian Lawrence wrote:

-a-a-a-a <https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/55172481>

There is a little bit more on the link.

Like:

"The big problem is the left hand,rCY he said. rCLIt will take three weeks for it to heal. So the idea, if I drive to Abu Dhabi, is to put on
cream, and a latex glove before putting on the fireproof glove.

Fireproof glove ? Hmmmmm.

"Fireproof" is colloquial, but yes.
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