roman grosjean hit the barrier, his ca rt roman grosjean hit the barrier, his cart split into.ical assistance came rapidly. crucially grosjean was able to force his own way out of the car. he suffered burns. in years gone by he may have lost his life. his escape still seems miraculous. as the teams in bahrain watched the replays, they were reminded of the extreme risks of motor racing. g rosjea n extreme risks of motor racing. grosjean was ta ken extreme risks of motor racing. grosjean was taken to hospital, the race after a long delay resumed. straightaway another collision, a carupturn, straightaway another collision, a car upturn, danced all the driver pulled out unharmed. a safety car finally led the drivers home after another incident —— lance stroll. 20 drivers came to bahrain and 20 lived to drive again. england's cricketers have won their t20 series against south africa with a game to spare. they were chasing 147 for victory in paarl. they made hard work of it, the game going down to the final over, but chrisjordan got them over the line as they won by four wickets. man

yeah, fortunately only minor injuries for roman grosjean. take a look at the other sports news stories making the headlines. ireland beat georgia 23—10 in the autumn nations cup in dublin. hugo keenan going overfor this try in the first half. ireland finishing in second place in pool a. they'll play scotland in the third placed play—off next weekend. world champion ronnie 0'sullivan suffered a shock defeat to world number 66 alexander ursenbacher in the second round of the uk championship. the rocket was beaten 6—5 in milton keynes. danish golfer emily perderson continued her incredible run on the ladies european tour. she won the tour‘s showpiece final event — the open de espania — by four shots. she's the first player to win three consecutive events on the tour since 1989. in the premier league, arsenal are hosting wolves in the late game. the game had to be paused after a clash of heads between arsenal's david luiz and wolves‘s rauljiminez. luiz is back on with a bandage around his head, but medics had to takejiminez off on a stretcher. i

pulled to safety — the shocking moment roman grosjean escaped his burning formula 1 car after crashingain grand prix. an incredible turnaround for manchester united. 2—0 down, then scoring three against southampton to take all three points away from st marys. and england take the t20 series in south africa with a convincing second match win. welcome to the programme. it was a heart—stopping moment. romain grosjean‘s car burst into a ball of flames on the first lap of the bahrain grand prix. into a ball of flames on the first the safety measures put in place just a few years ago undoubtedly saved his life. grosjean is tonight recovering in hospitalfrom minor burns after miraculously walking away from the accident. the race was eventually re—started and lewis hamilton went on to win it, but the grand prix was overshadowed by those early dramatic scenes, asjoe wilson reports. the grand prix began, lewis hamilton in the lead. it seemed routine. it never is. look towards the back as a car became a ball of flame. and a big fire there! romain grosjean hit the barrier, his car split in two. me

you'll have probably have seen that horrendous formula i crash yesterday when roman grosjean ploughedahrain grand prix, his car splitting in two and he was engulfed in a ball of fire. but then the miracle as he made his way out of the wreckage, burns to the back of his hands his only major injury. the frenchman posted this from his hosiptal bed today... he certainly thanked the marshals who were on the scene in seconds, and dr ian roberts, who helped him to safety. i spoke to him earlier. as we came out from into turn 3, the fireball and then arriving on this area of flame with the rearmost portion of the car present but pointing in the wrong direction, we drew up turning to my right. i could see through the gap in the barrio of the rest of the car and romain was a tipping to get himself out. obviously as you can see, the flames we re obviously as you can see, the flames were pretty much everywhere and i described it just like were pretty much everywhere and i described itjust like looking into the doorway of a furnace. the heat must‘ve been immense. the doorway of a furnace. the heat

and a miraculous escape at the bahrain grand prix, after roman grosjean manages to jump clear of thehas warned that a third spike of coronavirus infections is possible, as the government seeks to win over conservative mps, unhappy with its plans for the system that would replace the england lockdown this week. most areas will be placed into the top two tiers of restrictions. the government says it is listening to the criticism, and will publish an analysis tomorrow to support the measures. with a vote due in the house of commons on tuesday, here's our political correspondent iain watson. it's been difficult finding cheer in this festive season. in glazebury, in greater manchester, they've been living under some form of restrictions since the summer, and what's even more cutting is they'll be placed in tier 3, the highest form of restrictions, from next week. if you look at some of the figures, and things like that, if you study it, they seem to have cracked down a bit hard in greater manchester, in my opinion. just speaking amongst the people, they seem to be kind of fed up. but some

roman grosjean escaped a fiery crash, veered off the track in the first lap after coming in contact wither. you see him plow into the barriers, his car exploded on impact. miraculously, the french driver able to walk away from that crash, and he posted a video from his hospital bed where he is recover fromming from burns to his hands and ankles, man, laura, you see that crash, and to see him eventually climb over that barrier, what a sigh of relief for everyone watching that race. >> how can you walk away from something like that. that's just incredible. so glad he's okay, obviously. thank you so much, appreciate it. >>> president trump clearly that has no plans of dropping all of his talk of a rigged election. what does that mean for the upcoming senate elections come january. more on that, next. advanced non-small cell lung cancer can take away so much. but today there's a combination of two immunotherapies you can take first. one that could mean... a chance to live longer. opdivo plus yervoy is for adults newly diagnosed with non-small cell lung cancer that has spread and that tests p

formula one driver roman grosjean is lucky to be alive escaping this unbelievable and horrifying crashto a metal barrier during the first lap of the bahrain grand prix, splitting in half and bursting into flames. >> the fact that romain grosjean has survived that crash is not only miraculous, but marvelous as well. >> reporter: the 34-year-old amazingly able to escape, managing to free himself from the wreckage and stumble to safety, climbing over a metal barrier. crews dousing him with fire extinguishers before he was air lifted to the hospital. just hours later, speaking out from his hospital bed. >> hello, everyone. just wanted to say i am okay. well, sort of okay. >> reporter: grosjean thanking medical staff and crediting the halo safety device on his car with saving his life. >> thank you for the messages. i wasn't for the halo some years ago, but i think it's the greatest thing for formula one. without it i wouldn't be able to speak to you today. >> reporter: the halo is a titanium safety device installed on top of f1 cars designed to protect drivers from flying debris. it was co