Romain Grosjean Likely on his Way Out of Haas F1

Is there no longer any respite for the Haas F1 team? From issues with Rich Energy to their poor performance, they are stuck in a serious rut. Now, according to sources within the paddock at the British GP, things are about to get a whole lot worse for the team, with regard to their driver pairing of Romain Grosjean and Kevin Magnussen.

As it turns out, team boss Guenther Steiner has had recurring problems with his drivers since last season. Their antics on track was migraine-inducing and the problems with Rich Energy is far from helpful. The possible last straw was when they collided with each other in Silverstone, ending both their races.

This incident likely triggered his well-known outrageous reactions. His meltdowns were immortalised by the Netflix series ‘Drive to Survive’. Now, the latest rumour shouldn’t really come as much surprise to readers familiar with the show. A source from Reddit claimed that Romain Grosjean might be ousted soon. The sacking could come as early as the next race in Germany and the driver in his place could be Esteban Ocon.

“Im close to someone who has been at a number of the races with great access. (The mods have seen evidence of this.)

“What i’m hearing is that after the British GP, Steiner was furious at the drivers, blew up at them (for obvious reasons) and phoned Gene Haas for permission to fire a driver. Word in the paddock is that they are looking at Ocon to replace Grosjean. If possible, by the next Grand Prix.“Thats all I can say for now, If this turns out to be correct, Ill be back with more.” revealed Twitter user, F1ThrowawayF1

During the Grand Prix weekend, the pair collided in the race, taking themselves out of contention early on during an already wretched weekend for the team. In spite of reasonable qualifying speed, the team’s performance has been in crisis in terms of race pace and the British GP was intended to be a ‘reset’ to try and understand the problems of their 2019 car and how it uses the Pirelli rubber.

The team needed the drivers to have a solid, uneventful race and sadly this didn’t occur starting out with Grosjean ruining his front wing with a spin in the pit lane during Friday practice. Naturally, Guenther Stenier was not particularly impressed with those stunts. He even declared that the two drivers likely need shovels to help dig their grave even deeper.

If indeed Romain Grosjean is on his way out, there are chances that there could be another eager Frenchman to take the vacated seat, Esteban Ocon.