Grosjean won't change approach despite risk of suspension

By not obeying the blue flags quickly enough during the last Singapore Grand Prix, Romain Grosjean was sanctioned with two points on his license, which were added to the seven points already accumulated. 

If the pilot Haas were to be awarded three new points between now and the event in Mexico, he would then have 12 points in the last 12 months, which would amount to exclusion from the next round. 

Faced with this sword of Damocles, does Grosjean plan to change his approach in the next races? “ No, replies the Frenchman in Sochi. We have a Manufacturers' Championship which is extremely important for us. I'm not here to do crazy things, not here to create crashes.

We will try to do a good job as we know how to do it, to do our best. Indeed, there is this story of points, we will look at the positive side and see that I have three left. We are here to get 4th place in the standings in Abu Dhabi and that is what we are focusing on. ».  

Reviewing the events leading up to this delicate situation, Grosjean recognizes that some punishments were deserved, others less so in his eyes. However, he refuses to believe that he was a victim of his reputation. 

« Barcelona's first round (spin then collision with Nico Hulkenberg et Pierre Gasly, Editor’s note), it's clearly normal, other times it can be debated but that's how it is. All drivers…, at some point, we can ask ourselves the question of whether this or that penalty was really justified. The sanctions are there, we can't discuss them anyway so we make do and we will try to erase points on the license as quickly as possible ». 

With the scale of sanctions operating over a rolling 12-month period, Grosjean will be able to begin to reduce his bad capital from the Monday following the Mexican Grand Prix, i.e. in four weekends of competition. And yet he will only take away a small point from his purse.  

The Frenchman remains the last driver to be excluded from a round of the world championship F1. It was in 2012 after the Belgian Grand Prix where he caused a monster accident at the start and was replaced by Jérôme d'Ambrosio at Lotus at Monza during the following event.