Roman grosjean no longer had team sponsorship Hare to run in the IndyCar because of the accident he had in the Bahrain Grand Prix 2020, as disclosed Gene Haas, team owner.
‘I don’t know … he has a wife and three children, and I told him I couldn’t give him money to kill himself. He felt he should stay at home and take care of his family. ”
‘He escaped a big one. If you really understand what happened there … if that car had been a few degrees to one side or the other, it wouldn’t have been able to get out of the cab and I would have diedHe was extremely lucky, ”said Haas.
Although he had not declined the sponsorship before, the owner corrected Haas and explained his reasons to the french flyer
“He asked me if I wanted to sponsor him IndyCar, I was initially very open to that. But after the crash in Bahrain, he was so happy he didn’t commit suicide. For someone who absolutely destroyed his car, I couldn’t be happier to survive, ”said Haas in an interview with Racer.