French driver Romain Grosjean is predicted to remain in hospital till Tuesday after his fiery Bahrain Grand Prix crash, his Haas workforce stated.
The 34-year-old suffered burns to the again of his fingers in Sunday’s stunning accident at Sakhir, along with his automotive splitting in two and bursting right into a ball of flame after penetrating a metal barrier.
Haas stated in an announcement that workforce principal Guenther Steiner had visited Grosjean on the Bahrain Defence Drive hospital on Monday.
It added that therapy was going effectively and “it’s anticipated he might be discharged from the care of the hospital on Tuesday”.
There was no phrase on whether or not Grosjean would have the ability to race this weekend when the Bahrain circuit hosts the Sakhir Grand Prix, second of a Center Japanese triple-header that ends in Abu Dhabi the next weekend.
Miami-born Brazilian Pietro Fittipaldi, a grandson of twice world champion and double Indianapolis 500 winner Emerson, is likely one of the workforce’s official reserve drivers together with Swiss F2 racer Louis Deletraz.
Grosjean is because of go away Haas on the finish of the season together with Danish workforce mate Kevin Magnussen.
Mick Schumacher, son of seven instances world champion Michael and the present Components Two chief, is predicted to affix the workforce subsequent season with Russian Nikita Mazepin tipped to be the opposite driver.
Each drivers are in Bahrain however subsequent weekend would be the Components Two title decider.
“Now we have at all times received a plan in place, however in the meanwhile my plan could be, if he (Grosjean) is OK, to get again in for the race in Bahrain subsequent weekend,” Steiner advised reporters on Sunday.
“That’s his choice, I cannot intrude with that one. He must make that one up with himself. I comply with his steerage there.”
