Plotting Romain Grosjean’s F1 Future After Nightmare 2014 Season at Lotus

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Published: September 27, 2014

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Romain Grosjean has won everywhere he has raced: Formula Renault, Formula Three, GP2, the GT1 sports car series. Everywhere, that is, except Formula One.

After a strong finish to the 2013 season (four podiums in the last six races), Grosjean seemed a lock to take his first victory this year. He even became the de facto team leader at Lotus when Kimi Raikkonen moved to Ferrari.

But the Lotus E22 is, quite simply, not a good race car. Grosjean has managed just two eighth-place finishes this season and has not finished higher than 12th since Monaco. Those poor results have led to him openly discussing whether his F1 future is with Lotus—a team that has shown remarkable faith in him, even when his driving ability was called into question.



Grosjean is living at least the third of his nine F1 lives right now. Back in 2009, he was in his second year as a test driver for Renault, while also competing in GP2. When Nelson Piquet, Jr. was axed midseason, Grosjean was prematurely promoted to the Brazilian's seat.

Predictably, Grosjean struggled, particularly in comparison to his world champion team-mate, Fernando Alonso. In seven races, Grosjean never finished higher than 13th, while Alonso snagged third place in Singapore.

At the end of the season, Alonso moved to Ferrari, replaced by Robert Kubica, while Vitaly Petrov took Grosjean's seat. Without an F1 drive, Grosjean returned to GP2 and also took up sports car racing, competing in the 24 Hours of Le Mans.

He was given a second chance in 2011 when his former team, now called Lotus (with Renault supplying the engines), brought him back as a test driver. Meanwhile, he won the GP2 championship over a number of familiar names, including Jules Bianchi, Esteban Gutierrez, Marcus Ericsson and Max Chilton.

That performance helped convince the team to promote him back into a race seat along the newly signed Raikkonen ...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Formula 1

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