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Grosjean's "freak" crash shows "a lot of safety to improve" - Wolff

Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff has warned there is "a lot of safety to improve" in Formula One after Romain Grosjean's crash in Bahrain on Sunday highlighted two specific areas of concern. Wolff believes it was a "freak accident" but added the investigation must focus on why Grosjean's car pierced the barrier and also why it burst into flames, leaving the Frenchman fighting to extract himself from the survival cell. Article continues under video Wolff said: "The angle at which [Grosjean] crashed into the barrier, I don’t think that the car was flat. I think that the car was slightly sideways and the angle must have been so precise like a knife going through...
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