Romain Grosjean Keen to Prove that he Deserves to Stay in Haas F1

Much has been said about poor old Romain Grosjean and his future in Formula One. The Frenchman has had a horrendous 2019 season, with retirements in practically half the races. Unsurprisingly, this is causing a number of headaches for the Haas F1 team and plenty of bills. His wretched form has reached a point where team boss Guenther Steiner is preparing to sack someone, which may most likely be him.

However, he is adamant that he will stay in Formula One and at the Haas F1 team in the long run. Some rumours have even linked Romain Grosjean to F1’s electric baby sister, Formula E. There are a number of seats available in Formula E and one possibility is the DS Techeetah team. Techeetah recently lost one of their drivers, Andre Lotterer to newcomers, Porsche. If Romain Grosjean does go to Formula E, he will have plenty of F1 alumni to race with as so many ex F1 drivers are there, it is practically Formula 1.5!

“The first goal is to stay at Haas,” Grosjean affirmed to RMC Sport. “The other solution is to find another good team, but I think the priority is Haas.

“I’m pretty happy with the work I’ve done here. I was not wrong when I said the old car was better than the new one so on that side I am happy.”

Coming back to Grosjean and his 2019 F1 stint, his collision with teammate Kevin Magnussen would have done little to alleviate the troubles that currently plague Haas. Although both drivers face huge glaring question marks over their careers, but Magnussen is on slightly firmer ground as he has been finishing races more often.

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Romain Grosjean also felt that his and Magnussen’s double retirement was unlucky. He alluded to the big incident where Sebastian Vettel speared into Max Verstapppen. The Frenchman pointed out that in spite of a hefty impact, the two were able to continue.

Speaking to RaceFans after his and Magnussen’s humiliating British Grand Prix, he said, “We’re not stupid and we want to avoid contact,”. 

“We always qualify next to each other so the risk is higher and in the midfield, in the pack, it’s not always easy to position the car where you want.”

“There’s a lot of things that could have been different in Silverstone,” he admitted.

“Kevin touched my rear wheel out of turn four, punctured my rear-right tyre. Then I went to turn five obviously on three wheels.

“I pushed him wide but I didn’t know he would be outside either. He punctured again. It’s a double puncture for two small touches.

“Look at [Max] Verstappen, he flew up in the air. I’m sure he had a bit of floor damage but sometimes a small touch creates big things.”

For now though, both Grosjean and Magnussen need to up their game in Germany this weekend. The two are on extremely thin ice and one wrong move could lead to one of them being sacked. In addition to that, there is a threat of Esteban Ocon being called up to be a replacement.