Romain Grosjean loses a cylinder and his hopes

After a lively race in the United States, Romain Grosjean was hoping to fight for points again in Brazil. If the team’s two-stop strategyenstone, allowed the Frenchman to climb into the top 10 at the start of the race, the former GP2 champion will ultimately not see the finish, following a failure of the thermal engine of his Power Unit V6 turbo / hybrid Renault.

“A lot of work has been done to improve the performance of the car this weekend so it is difficult not to be able to finish, says Grosjean. The start of the race was good and we were able to move up the order very quickly. We had to go from a strategy of two to three stops during the race and that involved some difficulties. » Eight laps from the finish, the Lotus E22's combustion engine finally lost a cylinder and the Habs were unable to cross the finish line. “We are going to look into this issue and we are going to make sure we are ready to make the most of the double points in the last race. » proclaimed the Frenchman. The final of the World Championship F1 2014 will take place on November 23 at the Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi.

Find the full report of the Brazilian Grand Prix, produced by our special correspondents on site at Interlagos, in issue 1986 of AUTOhebdo, available this evening in digital version and from Wednesday on newsstands.