Lewis Hamilton wins in Bahrain after Romain Grosjean survives fireball crash

Romain Grosjean remarkably escaped after a dramatic crash in Bahrain (Brynn Lennon/AP)

Romain Grosjean remarkably escaped after a dramatic crash in Bahrain (Brynn Lennon/AP)

Lewis Hamilton celebrated his seventh world championship by winning a Bahrain Grand Prix that will be remembered for Romain Grosjean’s remarkable escape from his fireball inferno.

Grosjean, 34, scrambled to get out of his burning car for almost half a minute before eventually leaping away and into the arms of Formula One doctor, Englishman Ian Roberts, one of the first men on the scene.

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