Ecclestone on Grosjean's vision, Kaltenborn first female F1 team boss and de Villota's sister on Maria's crash

Wednesday, October 10, 2012

Ecclestone urges Lotus to test Grosjean's vision



Bernie Ecclestone has urged Lotus to organise a round of vision tests for Romain Grosjean.

Since returning to F1 as reigning GP2 champion this year, the French driver has been often praised for his pace but labelled a "first-lap nutcase" by Mark Webber following numerous early-race accidents.

He served an ultra-rare one-race ban at Monza

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d'Ambrosio to take Grosjean's seat for the Italian Grand Prix

Tuesday, September 4, 2012

Jerome d'Ambrosio will contest this weekend's Italian grand prix in the place of Romain Grosjean.There was speculation Lotus might overlook its official reserve driver for the Monza seat, after team regular Grosjean was given a one-race ban by the FIA for causing the spectacular first-lap crash at Spa last Sunday.Rubens Barrichello, Jaime Alguersuari and Adrian Sutil were speculatively linked

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Grosjean and Maldonado need to rectify their "style" and stop wrecking others races

Sunday, September 2, 2012

The first corner carnage that happened on Sunday at Spa is a cruel reminder of the dangers involved in the powerful open-wheel circuit racing cars. It was triggered by Romain Grosjean, who moved over on Lewis Hamilton and was catapulted over Fernando Alonso and Sergio Perez causing the retirement of all four cars. Luckily they all walked away unscathed, while Alonso revealed the accident had left

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Grosjean handed one-race ban and Maldonado gets ten place grid penalty

Grosjean is catapulted into the air as he crashes at the first corner at the start of the Belgian Grand PrixLotus’s Romain Grosjean has been given a one-race ban after the stewards at Spa-Francorchamps judged him to be responsible for causing the first-corner accident at the start of Sunday’s 2012 Formula 1 Shell Belgian Grand Prix.The ban means Grosjean will miss next weekend’s Italian event,

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British GP: Hamilton fastest at the end of today's practice

Friday, July 6, 2012

With fans braving the elements and huddling under umbrellas around the circuit, 2008 world champion Hamilton set the pace with a largely meaningless time of one minute 56.345 seconds after lunch.Frenchman Romain Grosjean had been fastest for Lotus in the morning session with 1:56.552.Waterlogged campsites led to monster tailbacks outside the circuit as organisers struggled to get vehicles parked

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The word ‘Grosjean’ still ignites emotion in the Sauber garage

Friday, June 8, 2012

Sergio Perez was furious with the Frenchman after a collision in Barcelona, and then Kamui Kobayashi had to retire with suspension damage after the first corner in Monaco.“He deserved a penalty (for Monaco),” team manager Beat Zehnder is quoted by Germany’s Auto Motor und Sport.“He drove into two cars. If Schumacher is punished in Barcelona, why not Grosjean (at Monaco)?”Team boss Peter Sauber

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