#8 Romain Grosjean, Baku 2018
This one will remain fresh in the memory of F1 fans worldwide. It happened at the Azerbaijan street circuit and we can all agree that it was pretty embarrassing for Haas’ French driver, Romain Grosjean.
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Grosjean had proved to be quite reliable in his two years with the newly-formed American team Haas, helping them develop their car and turning them into solid midfield runners. He finished in eighth on their F1 debut and was jubilant on the team radio. Considering that they are in their third year, Haas should have stepped up their game and gone for the title of ‘best of the rest’.
They have developed a car to the best of their ability but the driver compliance has not come yet. More precisely, Grosjean has been the one committing the errors which has denied them many points. The most embarrassing of them all was the crash in Baku.
Grosjean could not set a qualifying time and was also slapped with a five-place penalty for a gearbox change. However, he flew during the race, to be placed an amazing sixth position by lap 40. A crash between teammates Verstappen and Ricciardo brought out the safety car. Grosjean was following it around, weaving to get the tyre temperatures up.
However, he overdid it and crashed into the wall, with no one behind him who could have shunted into the back of his car. He initially blamed Sauber’s Ericsson but on replays, the picture painted was very different and Grosjean had to live with the fact that he caused the crash himself.
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