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Formula 1 Driver Miraculously Emerges From Flame-Engulfed Car Crash

Romain Grosjean survived a crash in which his car hit a barrier, split in half, and erupted in flames.

Romain Grosjean's car violently hit a barrier, split in half and erupted in flames during the first lap of Formula One's Bahrain Grand Prix on Sunday.

The race was halted and Grosjean, who miraculously made it out of his car without life-threatening injuries, is currently being

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