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Brawn: Fire and split barrier cause for concern in Grosjean crash

Formula 1 boss Ross Brawn says Romain Grosjean's fiery crash at the start of the Bahrain GP warrants a "deep investigation". The Haas driver was incredibly lucky to survive the horrendous impact with the barriers that saw his car's survival cell pierce the Armco, but also escape the raging inferno that followed. The dramatic crash evidently highlighted the vital and protective role of F1's halo cockpit safety device which was introduced amid much controversy in 2018. Brawn admitted to being concerned by the barrier being split by the impact and also by the blaze that followed. "It's shocking for everyone in F1 to see an accident of that severity," Branw told Sky F1....
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