Romain Grosjean had planned to leave Formula 1 at the end of 2020, but not in the way it happened. Victim of a huge accident in Bahrain after just a few turns, the Haas driver miraculously escaped with only a few scratches and serious burns.<\/p>\n
Having been unable to take the wheel in the last two races, Mercedes then offered him the opportunity to take the wheel of the Mercedes in 2021 as a well-deserved farewell gift. Planned in the middle of the 2021 season during a show preceding the French Grand Prix, the event had to be canceled a few weeks earlier due to the rescheduling of the French Grand Prix by a week, which no longer aligned with the driver’s schedule.<\/p>\n
Postponed indefinitely, without a specific date, Romain Grosjean explained that it was still relevant during a conference for the Indycar, where he now races.<\/p>\n
\u00ab I sent a message to Toto [editor’s note: Wolff, Mercedes AMG F1 director] after Abu Dhabi, actually long after, after a few weeks had passed, and he replied. He started with “Thank you” and ended with “We need to put you in that car this year,” explained Grosjean.<\/p>\n
\u00ab It’s still on the table. There are several things that have made organizing this difficult. \u00bb he continued.<\/p>\n
This year, I couldn’t go to the French Grand Prix because there was a race in Lowa at the same time, but clearly Mercedes is okay with it and so am I, even though my neck will suffer because I’ve lost quite a bit of muscle on that side. You can ask Pato for his opinion on driving an F1.<\/p>\n
So yes, it’s still planned and it will happen, but the main goal for me currently is to try to win races with Andretti.<\/p>\n
Romain Grosjean is racing for Andretti this season in Indycar after finishing on the podium last year in his first season behind the wheel of a Dale Coyne.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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