ABU DHABI -- Nico Hulkenberg was involved in a scary, fiery accident at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix when his car was knocked into a scary barrel roll on the opening lap.
Hulkenberg clipped the front of Romain Grosjean's Haas car at the chicane at the end of the long backstraight at Yas Marina. That sent his yellow and black Renault into the air, where it flipped over and landed against the barrier.
There was briefly a fire at the back end of his car. Hulkenberg opened his radio channel to say: ""Holy s---! I'm hanging here like a cow [?