The French driver was lucky to leave with his life after hitting barriers lining the track in a 53G impact.
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His car was engulfed in flames but he did manage to pull himself up out of the cockpit and to safety.
While his suit shielded his body from the flames, his hands were left badly burnt.
Since then, the FIA has been working on improving fire protection and race director Michael Masi said the initial feedback from drivers was good.
"Due to Romain's incident it was an area we started working on immediately, and I think we identified very quickly that it was an area we could improve," he said, as reported by Reuters.
"The initial feedback from the drivers is 'Yup, all good'. There is a couple of fine-tuning elements with a couple of the brands but nothing insurmountable."
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