Romain Grosjean

Romain Grosjean, born on 17 April 1986, is a French-Swiss racing driver who competed in F1 for nine full seasons. During his time on the grid, he achieved ten podium finishes, all with the Lotus F1 Team.

Nationality	French/Swiss
Born	Romain David Jeremie Grosjean 17 April 1986 Geneva, Switzerland

Grosjean’s career in single-seater motorsports began with a remarkable debut, winning the 2005 French Formula Renault championship in his first attempt. His early success led him to join the Renault Young Driver programme. He continued to demonstrate his speed by winning the 2007 Formula 3 Euro Series championship. In 2008, Grosjean claimed the inaugural GP2 Asia Series title and finished fourth in his first season in the GP2 Series. His impressive results in these series promoted him from GP2 to F1 partway through the 2009 season with Renault at the 2009 European Grand Prix. He replaced Nelson Piquet Jr., and despite missing the final eight races of the GP2 season, he finished fourth.

After a series of disappointing results, he was dropped by Renault before the 2010 season, and Grosjean returned to GP2. He won the 2010 Auto GP championship on his first attempt and secured both the GP2 Asia Series and GP2 titles in 2011.

Grosjean eventually returned to F1 in 2012 with the Lotus F1 Team, alongside teammate Kimi Räikkönen. He earned his first Formula One podium at the 2012 Bahrain Grand Prix and recorded his first fastest lap at the 2012 Spanish Grand Prix. However, his aggressive driving style led to a race ban after a major collision at the 2012 Belgian Grand Prix, the first such penalty since 1994. On the run towards the first corner, La Source, Grosjean made a sudden move across the track and collided with Lewis Hamilton. This started a chain reaction involving Fernando Alonso, Sergio Pérez, and Kamui Kobayashi. The impact was severe enough that Grosjean’s car went airborne over Alonso’s cockpit, narrowly missing his head. The crash led to the immediate retirement of Grosjean, Hamilton, Alonso, and Pérez from the race.

Grosjean continued with Lotus in 2013, making six podiums. In 2014 and 2015, he raced alongside Pastor Maldonado, with a best result of third place at the 2015 Belgian Grand Prix. In September 2015, it was announced that we would move to Haas for the 2016 season, a team he remained with until the end of 2020.

A dramatic and life-threatening crash marked Grosjean’s final Formula 1 race at the 2020 Bahrain Grand Prix, where his car split in two and caught fire after colliding and getting wedged under a metal barrier. Miraculously, he sustained only minor burns to his hands, crediting the halo safety device for saving his life.

Post-F1, Grosjean moved to the American IndyCar Series in 2021. He quickly made his mark by securing his first pole position and podium finish in his third race, the Indianapolis Grand Prix.

Romain Grosjean Formula One World Championship career

F1 Career	2009, 2012–2020
Teams	Renault, Lotus, Haas
Car number	8
Entries	181 (179 starts)
Championships	0
Wins	0
Podiums	10
Career points	391
Pole positions	0
Fastest laps	1
First entry	2009 European Grand Prix
Last entry	2020 Bahrain Grand Prix

Romain Grosjean Teammates

14 Teammates	Involvement	First Year	Last Year
Fernando Alonso	7	2009
Bruno Senna	2	2011
Vitaly Petrov	2	2011
Kimi Räikkönen	36	2012	2013
Heikki Kovalainen	2	2013
Pastor Maldonado	38	2014	2015
Charles Pic	1	2014
Esteban Ocon	1	2014
Jolyon Palmer	10	2015
Esteban Gutierrez	21	2016
Charles Leclerc	4	2016
Kevin Magnussen	77	2017	2020
Antonio Giovinazzi	7	2017
Callum Ilott	1	2020

Complete Formula One World Championship results

Year	Entrant	Chassis	Engine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	WDC	Points
2009	Renault F1 Team	Renault R29	Renault RS27 2.4 V8	AUS	MAL	CHN	BHR	ESP	MON	TUR	GBR	GER	HUN	EUR 15	BEL Ret	ITA 15	SIN Ret	JPN 16	BRA 13	ABU 18					23rd	0
2011	Lotus Renault GP	Renault R31	Renault RS27-2011 2.4 V8	AUS	MAL	CHN	TUR	ESP	MON	CAN	EUR	GBR	GER	HUN	BEL	ITA	SIN	JPN	KOR	IND	ABU TD	BRA TD			–	–
2012	Lotus F1 Team	Lotus E20	Renault RS27-2012 2.4 V8	AUS Ret	MAL Ret	CHN 6	BHR 3	ESP 4	MON Ret	CAN 2	EUR Ret	GBR 6	GER 18	HUN 3	BEL Ret	ITA	SIN 7	JPN 19 †	KOR 7	IND 9	ABU Ret	USA 7	BRA Ret		8th	96
2013	Lotus F1 Team	Lotus E21	Renault RS27-2013 2.4 V8	AUS 10	MAL 6	CHN 9	BHR 3	ESP Ret	MON Ret	CAN 13	GBR 19 †	GER 3	HUN 6	BEL 8	ITA 8	SIN Ret	KOR 3	JPN 3	IND 3	ABU 4	USA 2	BRA Ret			7th	132
2014	Lotus F1 Team	Lotus E22	Renault Energy F1‑2014 1.6 V6 t	AUS Ret	MAL 11	BHR 12	CHN Ret	ESP 8	MON 8	CAN Ret	AUT 14	GBR 12	GER Ret	HUN Ret	BEL Ret	ITA 16	SIN 13	JPN 15	RUS 17	USA 11	BRA 17 †	ABU 13			14th	8
2015	Lotus F1 Team	Lotus E23 Hybrid	Mercedes PU106B Hybrid 1.6 V6 t	AUS Ret	MAL 11	CHN 7	BHR 7	ESP 8	MON 12	CAN 10	AUT Ret	GBR Ret	HUN 7	BEL 3	ITA Ret	SIN 13 †	JPN 7	RUS Ret	USA Ret	MEX 10	BRA 8	ABU 9			11th	51
2016	Haas F1 Team	Haas VF-16	Ferrari 061 1.6 V6 t	AUS 6	BHR 5	CHN 19	RUS 8	ESP Ret	MON 13	CAN 14	EUR 13	AUT 7	GBR Ret	HUN 14	GER 13	BEL 13	ITA 11	SIN DNS	MAL Ret	JPN 11	USA 10	MEX 20	BRA DNS	ABU 11	13th	29
2017	Haas F1 Team	Haas VF-17	Ferrari 062 1.6 V6 t	AUS Ret	CHN 11	BHR 8	RUS Ret	ESP 10	MON 8	CAN 10	AZE 13	AUT 6	GBR 13	HUN Ret	BEL 7	ITA 15	SIN 9	MAL 13	JPN 9	USA 14	MEX 15	BRA 15	ABU 11		13th	28
2018	Haas F1 Team	Haas VF-18	Ferrari 062 EVO 1.6 V6 t	AUS Ret	BHR 13	CHN 17	AZE Ret	ESP Ret	MON 15	CAN 12	FRA 11	AUT 4	GBR Ret	GER 6	HUN 10	BEL 7	ITA DSQ	SIN 15	RUS 11	JPN 8	USA Ret	MEX 16	BRA 8	ABU 9	14th	37
2019	Haas F1 Team	Haas VF-19	Ferrari 064 1.6 V6 t	AUS Ret	BHR Ret	CHN 11	AZE Ret	ESP 10	MON 10	CAN 14	FRA Ret	AUT 16	GBR Ret	GER 7	HUN Ret	BEL 13	ITA 16	SIN 11	RUS Ret	JPN 13	MEX 17	USA 15	BRA 13	ABU 15	18th	8
2020	Haas F1 Team	Haas VF-20	Ferrari 065 1.6 V6 t	AUT Ret	STY 13	HUN 16	GBR 16	70A 16	ESP 19	BEL 15	ITA 12	TUS 12	RUS 17	EIF 9	POR 17	EMI 14	TUR Ret	BHR Ret	SKH	ABU					19th	2

Sources: Wikipedia.com, and statsf1.com