Romain Grosjean’s wife posts emotional tribute after F1 star’s fiery crash

Romain Grosjean’s horror crash led to an outpouring of emotion, with the F1 star’s wife praising his saviours in a heartwarming post.

Romain Grosjean's wife is thankful he's alive.

Romain Grosjean miraculously not only survived a horrific fireball crash during the Bahrain Grand Prix, but is expected to be discharged from hospital on Wednesday.

The scenes rocked the F1 world as fans watched on praying Grosjean would emerge safe from the flames.

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The terrifying incident has led F1 authorities to open an investigation into the accident as they look to make the sport safer for drivers.

For Grosjean’s wife Marion, it was pure agony watching on not knowing if her husband was going to be OK. In a lengthy Instagram post, she thanked supporters for the kind words from all corners of the globe and praised Grosjean’s strength.

“Obviously, I didn’t sleep that night. And to be honest, I’m not sure what to write to you. I just know it’s okay to do it. It has always helped me,” she wrote alongside a photo of her and Grosjean.

“I didn’t know what to post as a photo, either. What image to keep from yesterday? That of the flames? His, held at arm’s length by his saviours? The wreckage of his car?

“I put this one on a bit stupidly. Because we both wear the same GP2 title T-shirt. The one I still sleep in sometimes. I would have preferred it to have the word ‘superhero’ rather than ‘champion’, but if necessary, we will have a custom made. For children, because that’s how we explained the inexplicable.”

Romain Grosjean's wife Marion is thankful he's alive.

Marion, a TV presenter in France, thanked people for the “shield of love” that protected Grosjean as wishes and prayers for his wellbeing flooded social media. She also thanked the marshals who helped rescue her husband and the family of Jules Bianchi, the last F1 driver to die (in 2015) as a result of injuries suffered during a race.

“The expressions of thanks for all of you, who have shown your support, your affection, your kindness which are so precious to us,” Marion wrote.

“Thanks to Jules Bianchi’s family; to his father Philippe, whom I keep thinking about. To Jules himself. To Kevin Magnussen for his words. To the Canal + teams for their sensitivity. I’ll forget some, forgive me.

“Thank you to our children who pushed him to get out of the blaze. Thanks to his courage, his relentlessness, his strength, his love, his physical training which probably kept him alive too … It didn’t take one miracle, but several yesterday.”

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Grosjean climbs out of the flames.

In a video from his hospital bed, Grosjean heaped praise on the track marshals who arrived on the scene in a matter of seconds and helped him out of the flames.

“Hello everyone this is Romain, just wanted to thank you from the bottom of my heart for the effort, the work, the initiative you showed yesterday,” he said.

“You helped me get out of the fire and keep me alive. So thank you very much, we need you for racing and will always be grateful that you were here for me.”

FIA race director Michael Masi confirmed they would look into all aspects of the accident to make any changes for the betterment of the sport.

“We will look at it all and undertake a full investigation of the whole incident, and what we can learn,” Masi said to Sky Sports F1. “Be it car safety, be it driver equipment, be it safety features around the circuit.

“The survival cell did exactly what it was there to do. It kept the driver safe.

“But we’ll review the incident itself and see if there’s anything that we can learn in the short term. But, certainly, from the barrier integrity and so forth, there’s no knee-jerking to it.”

Formula 1’s director of motorsport Ross Brawn said the incident had several concerning aspects and the industry would do everything it could to make the cars and tracks safer in the future.

“Undoubtedly we’ve got to do a very deep analysis of all the events that occurred because there are a number of things that shouldn’t have happened,” Brawn told Sky F1.

“The fire was worrying, the split of the barriers was worrying. The positives are the safety of the car and that’s what got us through.”

Grosjean’s survival cell was seen wedged into the railing once the fire was put out and the debris that was left from his smoking wreck of a car was cleared.

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The aftermath of Grosjean’s crash.

The “halo” safety device — the protective arch that sits above the drivers’ cockpit — was the difference between Grosjean living or dying.

“I wasn’t for the halo some years ago, but I think it’s the greatest thing that we’ve brought to Formula 1, and without it I wouldn’t be able to speak with you today,” Grosjean said with a smile as he spoke to fans for the first time while sitting up in his hospital bed.

The controversial part originally divided the Formula 1 grid with many commentators declaring the protective lid went against the traditions of the open cockpit racing series.