Romain Grosjean wants to return to F1

Romain Grosjean did not miss his debut in the GT1 World Championship. The Franco-Swiss driver, for his first race in the discipline, won at the wheel of the No. 5 Matech Competition Ford GT, alongside Thomas Mutsch. But the former pilot Renault F1 does not wish to retrain in endurance and wants to return to the premier single-seater category.

« I want to come back in 2011, he declared to France Soir. I don't lose hope. When I see the results of Fernando Alonso this year at Ferrari, I tell myself that I have my place there. I was far from being ridiculous: I was never more than 2 or 3 tenths behind him in qualifying. »

Although he only played half a season at Renault, Romain Grosjean knows that he did not start in Formula 1 in ideal conditions. Lucid about this experience, the former Champion of F3 Euro Series knows that it has paid for Briatore's “(mis)management of the team”.enstone. " I was in the wrong place at the wrong time. With everything that happened around the stable, it wasn't easy. They wanted to make a clean slate of the past »

If he has not said goodbye to F1, it is because Romain Grosjean is still in contact with the paddock, and in particular with the man who could have been his team manager if he had remained with Renault F1 Team. “ I am still in contact with Eric Boullier, he admits. We appreciate and respect each other professionally. And then, once back in Europe, I will walk around the paddocks to make other contacts and see what this can lead to. »

But the winner of the Abu Dhabi weekend also remains in contact with Fernando Alonso, his former Renault F1 Team teammate. “ In addition to being an extraordinary pilot, he has exceptional human qualities. He was by my side when, at the end of last season, my horizons darkened. He even supported me in front of the media. I will always be grateful to him. »