Grosjean shares 'something special' with Vendee survivor Escoffier
Issued on:
20/12/2020 - 16:32
3 min
Paris (AFP)
Formula One racing driver Romain Grosjean said he shared "something special" with Vendee Globe skipper Kevin Escoffier whose round-the-world race ended in near-disaster earlier this month.
Escoffier's boat PRB was "smashed up, the bow folded 90 degrees" while sailing through the Roaring 40s. He was forced to take refuge in a life raft and was later picked up by fellow competitor Jean Le Cam.
Grosjean also had a death-defying moment when he walked away from a fireball crash at the Bahrain Grand Prix in November.
"I share something special with Kevin Escoffier in that we have both recently survived very difficult moments," Grosjean told race organisers on Saturday.