A few weeks before the scary burning of the Sakhir, from which he miraculously emerged almost unscathed, Romain Grosjean had announced his farewell to Haas, also anticipating the intention to leave Formula 1.
The great fear of Bahrain did not change the mind of the 34-year-old driver from Geneva by birth, but with a French passport, who is doing everything possible to recover from burns to the hands and ankle suffered on that unfortunate Sunday 29 November, but which cannot be at the start for the last GP of the 2020 World Championship, ad Abu Dhabi.
The announcement was made by the driver himself, who will return to his Swiss home to continue treating burns: “It is with great sadness that I will not be able to do my last race in Abu Dhabi and be there with the team – said Grosjean – We have tried as much as possible with the doctor to recover my hand, but the risk of running is too great for my recovery and for my health. So the decision was made not to race. It’s one of the hardest decisions of my life, but obviously it’s one of the wisest. I will miss the team, but I will support them as always ”.
However, Grosjean does not want to tie the last memory of his career to that terrible day, so he is determined to ask all the teams for the opportunity to compete a test in January 2021, so as not to tie the last memory of his career to the fearful images of Bahrain.
And this possibility could really materialize and in the most sensational way possible, because the first team to express their willingness to please Grosjean was none other than the Mercedes.
To anticipate it was the team principal of the Silver Arrows Toto Wolff: “It would be better if Renault or Haas, the teams Grosjean has raced with in his career, would give him this opportunity, but if we get permission to do so and the other teams he raced with won’t give him this option, we will.” Wolff stated.
Grosjean has only changed two teams in his career: after debuting in 2009 on the Renault in place of Nelsinho Piquet, the French driver had to wait three years to return permanently to the Circus with the Lotus, formerly Renault, where he remained until 2015 before moving to Haas. Never victorious, Grosjean has been on the podium on ten occasions with the best result being second in the 2013 United States GP.
OMNISPORT | 06-12-2020 11:45
