F1 Academy driver Chloe Grant thanks Halo after escaping fiery crash

Grant wa𝔍s racing at the famous Monza circuit in an F1 Academy event.
Her attempt to overtake Bianca Bustamante saw her car go airborne and l🌜and upside-down, wi༒th flames pouring out.
“I'm just letting you know that I'm okay after my race one incident,” Grant said꧙ on social media ꧅after the crash on Saturday.
"Thank you to everyone that's been sending me really lovely messages. I really apprecia🧸te🥂 it.
"I'm very grateful for the Halo style system. Because of the Halo system I was able to get out without there being an issueཧ with the fire because the fire was inside the car as well and I could see it.
— Chloe Grant (@chloeannagrant)Thank you to those who have sent me messages, and to the medical team and marshals h♍ere at Monza who acted so swiftly in getting me out of the car.
— Chloe Grant (@chloeannagrant)
Bustamante, who was briefly beneath Grant’s airborne car, said via her own socia🗹ls: “The Halo s𝕴aved my life.”
Halo is a safety device - a tiꦕtanium bar which curves around a driver's head while in t🐽he car - which was made mandatory in F1 from 2018.
It has since be💦en credited with saving the lives of multiple drivers.
Last year at Silve෴rstone, Guanyu ꩵZhou thanked Halo for keeping him safe after a terrifying crash.

James was a sport📖s jo𝄹urnalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything from American sports, to football, to F1.