Romain Grosjean was lucky to avoid more major burns after his helmet visor melted during his fiery Bahrain Grand Prix crash, FIA doctor Ian Roberts has revealed. Roberts stepped into the flames to help Haas driver Grosjean escape over the barrier after he and medical car driver Alan van der Merwe had quickly joined marshals on the scene. Article continues under video Roberts revealed the first thing he had told the French driver was to “sit down” and he explained: “He was very shaky and his visor was completely opaque and melted. I had to get his helmet off just to check everything else was okay. “He had some pain on his foot and hands so from that point we knew it was safe enough...
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