Month: January 2024

RomainGrosjean accepts blame as Mercedes duties remain unfulfilled due to ‘selfish’ desire Grosjean has not been on the F1 grid since 2020, but the Frenchman still has some responsibilities to complete. Grosjean accepts responsibility for Mercedes duties remaining unfulfilled due to “selfish” desire.  At the conclusion of the 2020 season, Romain Grosjean parted ways with Haas (Image: Getty)  Romain Grosjean has offered a report on his exceptional Mercedes test, making sense of that time requirements have prevented him from sorting out a date and that he ‘egotistically’ deferred the experience until after the ground-impact guidelines happened for the 2022 season.  After making contact on lap one with AlphaTauri driver Daniil Kvyat, the nine-time podium sitter’s F1 career ended in horrifying circumstances in 2020 when he was involved in a fireball crash at the Bahrain Grand Prix. Following 28 seconds in the blast, Grosjean figured out how to get away from the cockpit of his vehicle yet supported serious consumes to his hand simultaneously.  Grosjean was thusly swapped by Pietro Fittipaldi for the excess two races of the 2020 mission, denying him the opportunity to say goodbye to Haas and F1 at the season finale in Abu Dhabi. He and Kevin Magnussen were eventually supplanted by Mick Schumacher and Nikita Mazepin for the next year.  To compensate for this present circumstance, Mercedes offered him a test in their title-winning 2019 hardware. This test was at first booked for the 2021 French Terrific Prix before Grosjean’s home group, yet Coronavirus venture out limitations put pay to this arrangement.  Grosjean explained the situation with GP Racing and whether or not the desire remains: Absolutely, yes. We haven’t carved out the opportunity yet – and indeed, it’s all my shortcoming. However, it’s difficult.  “I’m seeing 30 race ends of the week one year from now. You all whine around 24 in F1 and I have 18 in IndyCar, seven in perseverance and five in F1 with Canal+. So adding a test is difficult.

RomainGrosjean accepts blame as Mercedes duties remain unfulfilled due to ‘selfish’ desire Grosjean has not been on the F1 grid since 2020, but the Frenchman still has some responsibilities to complete. Grosjean accepts responsibility for Mercedes duties remaining unfulfilled due to “selfish” desire. At the conclusion of the 2020 season, Romain Grosjean parted ways with Haas (Image: Getty) Romain Grosjean has offered a report on his exceptional Mercedes test, making sense of that time requirements have prevented him from sorting out a date and that he ‘egotistically’ deferred the experience until after the ground-impact guidelines happened for the 2022 season. After making contact on lap one with AlphaTauri driver Daniil Kvyat, the nine-time podium sitter’s F1 career ended in horrifying circumstances in 2020 when he was involved in a fireball crash at the Bahrain Grand Prix. Following 28 seconds in the blast, Grosjean figured out how to get away from the cockpit of his vehicle yet supported serious consumes to his hand simultaneously. Grosjean was thusly swapped by Pietro Fittipaldi for the excess two races of the 2020 mission, denying him the opportunity to say goodbye to Haas and F1 at the season finale in Abu Dhabi. He and Kevin Magnussen were eventually supplanted by Mick Schumacher and Nikita Mazepin for the next year. To compensate for this present circumstance, Mercedes offered him a test in their title-winning 2019 hardware. This test was at first booked for the 2021 French Terrific Prix before Grosjean’s home group, yet Coronavirus venture out limitations put pay to this arrangement. Grosjean explained the situation with GP Racing and whether or not the desire remains: Absolutely, yes. We haven’t carved out the opportunity yet – and indeed, it’s all my shortcoming. However, it’s difficult. “I’m seeing 30 race ends of the week one year from now. You all whine around 24 in F1 and I have 18 in IndyCar, seven in perseverance and five in F1 with Canal+. So adding a test is difficult.