Five talking points of the Singapore GP

Curious Case of Romain Grosjean

Romain Grosjean was unlucky to retire with an engine air leak problem in the Lotus

Romain Grosjean with a podium in sight had to retire from the race after his engine had problems with air leakage. It was sheer disappointment for the Frenchman after a fine qualifying lap to start third on the grid.

Despite manual attempts by the team to work on the problem, Grosjean was just left with questions to ask on the radio: “What’s wrong with this car?” with a tone of sheer frustration and disappointment in his voice. To add salt to the wounds, the team was fined as one of the team engineers who was trying to fix the air leak during the pit-stop was allowed to do so without the mandatory head protective gear.