Romain Grosjean

Romain Grosjean (RO-man GRO-sjon; born 17 April 1986 in Geneva, Canton of Geneva, Switzerland) is a French-Swiss Formula One driver who drove for Haas. In 2009, he competed for Renault, and drove for Lotus from 2012 to 2015.

He holds dual nationality, being Swiss, but uses a French racing license.

During the 2012 Belgian Grand Prix, Grosjean was involved in a multiple crash with Hamilton, Alonso and Pérez. Later, Grosjean received an one-race ban for the next race held in Italy, and was replaced by Lotus test and reserve driver Jérôme d'Ambrosio.

During his four seasons with Lotus, Grosjean scored a total of 10 podium finishes. At the 2013 United States Grand Prix, he finished in a career-best 2nd position, only six seconds behind race winner, Sebastian Vettel.

For 2016, Grosjean joined the newly formed Haas team alongside Esteban Gutiérrez. He scored his first points at the 2016 Australian Grand Prix by finishing sixth, making it the best debut for a team since Toyota at the 2002 Australian Grand Prix finished sixth. He continued a fifth-place finish at the next race in Bahrain. At his 100th Grand Prix at the 2016 United States Grand Prix, he finished in tenth place, starting from 17th.

During the 2020 Bahrain Grand Prix, Grosjean collided with Daniil Kvyat, causing him to fly into the barrier at almost 140mph. The car breached the barrier and exploded, causing a huge fire and a red flag. Grosjean was able to escape the totaled car with minor burns to his hands and is currently recovering at home. Earlier in the season, it was announced that Grosjean would not be continuing with Haas for 2021, therefore Grosjean missed out in racing in F1 for the last time in Abu Dhabi.

On February 2021, Grosjean was announced to be competing in IndyCar in the Dale Coyne Racing team.

Formula One Statistical Overview[]

Formula One Record[]

Year	Entrant	Team	Pts	WDC Pos.	Report
Junior Career
2006–2009	Renault Driver Development
Senior Career
2008	ING Renault F1 Team	Renault	Test Driver
2009	ING Renault F1 Team Renault F1 Team	Renault	Test Driver		Report
2009	ING Renault F1 Team Renault F1 Team	Renault	0	23rd	Report
2010	Pirelli Tyres Test Team	Pirelli	Test Driver
2011	Lotus Renault GP	Renault	Test Driver
2012	Lotus F1 Team	Lotus-Renault	96	8th	Report
2013	Lotus F1 Team	Lotus-Renault	132	7th	Report
2014	Lotus F1 Team	Lotus-Renault	8	14th	Report
2015	Lotus F1 Team	Lotus-Mercedes	51	11th	Report
2016	Haas F1 Team	Haas-Ferrari	29	13th	Report
2017	Haas F1 Team	Haas-Ferrari	28	13th	Report
2018	Haas F1 Team	Haas-Ferrari	37	14th	Report
2019	Rich Energy Haas F1 Team Haas F1 Team	Haas-Ferrari	8	18th	Report
2020	Haas F1 Team	Haas-Ferrari	2	19th	Report

Career Statistics[]

Correct as of the 2020 Bahrain Grand Prix

Entries	181
Starts	179
Pole Positions	0
Front Row Starts	1
Race Wins	0
Podiums	10
Fastest laps	1
Points	391
Laps Raced	8848
Distance Raced	44879 km (27886 mi)
Races Led	7
Laps Led	40
Distance Led	219 km (136 mi)

Career Results[]

Complete Formula One results
Year	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	Pts	Pos
2009																							0	23rd
2009											15th	Ret	15th	Ret	16th	13th	18th						0	23rd
2010	Did not compete
2011																							—	—
2011	C																		TD	TD			—	—
2012																							96	8th
2012	Ret	Ret	6th	3rd	4th	Ret	2nd	Ret	6th	18th	3rd	Ret	BAN	7th	19th^†	7th	9th	Ret	7th	Ret			96	8th
2013																							132	7th
2013	10th	6th	9th	3rd	Ret	Ret	13th	19th^†	3rd	6th	8th	8th	Ret	3rd	3rd	3rd	4th	2nd	Ret				132	7th
2014																							8	14th
2014	Ret	11th	12th	Ret	8th	8th	Ret	14th	12th	Ret	Ret	Ret	16th	13th	15th	17th	11th	17th^†	13th				8	14th
2015																							51	11th
2015	Ret	11th	7th	7th	8th	12th	10th	Ret	Ret	7th	3rd	Ret	13th^†	7th	Ret	Ret	10th	8th	9th				51	11th
2016																							29	13th
2016	6th	5th	19th	8th	Ret	13th	14th	13th	7th	Ret	14th	13th	13th	11th	DNS	Ret	11th	10th	20th	DNS	11th		29	13th
2017																							28	13th
2017	Ret	11th	8th	Ret	10th	8th	10th	13th	6th	13th	Ret	7th	15th	9th	13th	9th	14th	15th	15th	11th			28	13th
2018																							37	14th
2018	Ret	13th	17th	Ret	Ret	15th	12th	11th	4th	Ret	6th	10th	7th	DSQ	15th	11th	8th	Ret	16th	8th	9th		37	14th
2019																							8	18th
2019	Ret	Ret	11th	Ret	10th	10th	14th	Ret	16th	Ret	7th	Ret	13th	16th	11th	Ret	13th	17th	15th	13th	15th		8	18th
2020																							2	19th
2020	Ret	13th	16th	16th	16th	19th	15th	12th	12th	17th	9th	17th	14th	Ret	Ret	INJ	INJ						2	19th

Key
Symbol	Meaning	Symbol	Meaning
1st	Winner	Ret	Retired
2nd	Podium finish	DSQ	Disqualified
3rd	Podium finish	DNQ	Did not qualify
5th	Points finish	DNPQ	Did not pre-qualify
14th	Non-points finish	TD	Test driver
NC	Non-classified finish (<90% race distance)	DNS	Did not start
Italics	Scored point(s) for Fastest Lap	[+] More Symbols

^† Did not finish, but completed over 90% of the race-winners' distance and was classified.
A red background represents as rewarding half points.

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V T E	Romain Grosjean
Seasons 2009 • 2012 • 2013 • 2014 • 2015 • 2016 • 2017 • 2018 • 2019 • 2020
Season Reports 2009 • 2012 • 2013 • 2014 • 2015 • 2016 • 2017 • 2018 • 2019 • 2020
Teams Renault (2009) • Lotus (2012–2015) • Haas (2016–2020)
Teammates Fernando Alonso (2009) • Kimi Räikkönen (2012–2013) • Pastor Maldonado (2014–2015) • Esteban Gutiérrez (2016) • Kevin Magnussen (2017–2020)
Other pages Category

V T E	Renault F1
Drivers 3. Daniel Ricciardo · 31. Esteban Ocon
Personnel Carlos Ghosn · Jérôme Stoll · Cyril Abiteboul
Former Personnel Frédéric Vasseur
Former Drivers Nico Hülkenberg · Carlos Sainz, Jr. · Kevin Magnussen · Nick Heidfeld · Bruno Senna · Vitaly Petrov · Jolyon Palmer · Robert Kubica · Fernando Alonso · Nelson Piquet, Jr. · Romain Grosjean · Heikki Kovalainen · Giancarlo Fisichella · Jarno Trulli · Jacques Villeneuve · Jenson Button · Derek Warwick · Patrick Tambay · François Hesnault · Philippe Streiff · Eddie Cheever · Alain Prost · René Arnoux · Jean-Pierre Jabouille
World Champions Fernando Alonso (2005, 2006)
F1 Cars RS01 · RS10 · RE20 · RE20B · RE30 · RE30B · RE30C · RE40 · RE50 · RE60 · RE60B · R202 · R23 · R24 · R25 · R26 · R27 · R28 · R29 · R30 · R31 · RS16 · R.S.17 · R.S.18 · R.S.19 · R.S.20
Season Reports 1977 · 1978 · 1979 · 1980 · 1981 · 1982 · 1983 · 1984 · 1985 · 2002 · 2003 · 2004 · 2005 · 2006 · 2007 · 2008 · 2009 · 2010 · 2011 · 2016 · 2017 · 2018 · 2019 · 2020
Full results

V T E	Lotus F1
Notable Drivers Kimi Räikkönen · Romain Grosjean · Pastor Maldonado · Jérôme d'Ambrosio · Heikki Kovalainen
Personnel Éric Boullier · Nick Chester
Cars E20 · E21 · E22 · E23 Hybrid
See also Renault

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Teams and Drivers

2008 Teams and Drivers
Teams	Ferrari • BMW Sauber • Renault • Williams • Red Bull • Toyota • Toro Rosso • Honda • Super Aguri • Force India • McLaren
Engines	Mercedes • Renault • Ferrari • BMW • Toyota • Honda
Race Drivers	1 Räikkönen • 2 Massa • 3 Heidfeld • 4 Kubica • 5 Alonso • 6 Piquet, Jr • 7 Rosberg • 8 Nakajima • 9 Coulthard • 10 Webber • 11 Trulli • 12 Glock • 14 Bourdais • 15 Vettel • 16 Button • 17 Barrichello • 18 Sato • 19 Davidson • 20 Sutil • 21 Fisichella • 22 Hamilton • 23 Kovalainen
Other Drivers	Badoer • Gené • Schumacher • Klien • Asmer • di Grassi • Grosjean • Yamamoto • Hülkenberg • Buemi • Kobayashi • Hartley • Wurz • Conway • Filippi • Liuzzi • Paffett • de la Rosa

2009 Teams and Drivers
Teams	McLaren • Ferrari • BMW Sauber • Renault • Toyota • Toro Rosso • Red Bull • Williams • Force India • Brawn
Engines	Mercedes • Renault • Ferrari • BMW • Toyota
Race Drivers	1 Hamilton • 2 Kovalainen • 3 Massa • Badoer • 4 Räikkönen • 5 Kubica • 6 Heidfeld • 7 Alonso • 8 Piquet, Jr • 8 Grosjean • 9 Trulli • 10 Glock • 10 Kobayashi • 11 Bourdais • 11 Alguersuari • 12 Buemi • 14 Webber • 15 Vettel • 16 Rosberg • 17 Nakajima • 20 Sutil • 21/3 Fisichella • 21 Liuzzi • 22 Button • 23 Barrichello
Other Drivers	Paffett • de la Rosa • Gené • Klien • di Grassi • Hartley • Coulthard • Hülkenberg • Davidson • Wurz

2011 Teams and Drivers
Teams	Red Bull • McLaren • Ferrari • Mercedes • Renault • Williams • Force India • Sauber • Toro Rosso • Lotus • HRT • Virgin
Engines	Renault • Mercedes • Ferrari • Cosworth
Race Drivers	1 Vettel • 2 Webber • 3 Hamilton • 4 Button • 5 Alonso • 6 Massa • 7 Schumacher • 8 Rosberg • 9 Heidfeld • 9 Senna • 10 Petrov • 11 Barrichello • 12 Maldonado • 14 Sutil • 15 Di Resta • 16 Kobayashi • 17 Pérez • 17 De la Rosa • 18 Buemi • 19 Alguersuari • 20 Kovalainen • 21 Trulli • 21 Chandhok • 22 Karthikeyan • 22/23 Ricciardo • 23 Liuzzi • 24 Glock • 25 d'Ambrosio
Other Drivers	Paffett • Fisichella • Bianchi • Gené • Davidson • Grosjean • Fauzy • Tung • Charouz • Bottas • Hülkenberg • Gutiérrez • Vergne • Razia • Valsecchi • Teixeira • Yamamoto • Wickens • Quaife-Hobbs

2012 Teams and Drivers
Teams	Red Bull • McLaren • Ferrari • Mercedes • Lotus • Force India • Sauber • Toro Rosso • Williams • Caterham • HRT • Marussia
Engines	Renault • Ferrari • Mercedes • Cosworth
Race Drivers	1 Vettel • 2 Webber • 3 Button • 4 Hamilton • 5 Alonso • 6 Massa • 7 Schumacher • 8 Rosberg • 9 Räikkönen • 10 Grosjean • d'Ambrosio • 11 di Resta • 12 Hülkenberg • 14 Kobayashi • 15 Pérez • 16 Ricciardo • 17 Vergne • 18 Maldonado • 19 Senna • 20 Kovalainen • 21 Petrov • 22 de la Rosa • 23 Karthikeyan • 24 Glock • Pic
Other Drivers	Buemi • Paffett • Turvey • Gené • Rigon • Fisichella • Bird • Hartley • Korjus • Bianchi • Daly • Guttiérrez • Bottas • Wolff • van der Garde • Rossi • González • Clos • Ma • Liuzzi • Chilton • de Villota

2013 Teams and Drivers
Teams	Red Bull • Ferrari • McLaren • Lotus • Mercedes • Sauber • Force India • Williams • Toro Rosso • Caterham • Marussia
Engines	Renault • Ferrari • Mercedes • Cosworth
Race Drivers	1 Vettel • 2 Webber • 3 Alonso • 4 Massa • 5 Button • 6 Pérez • 7 Räikkönen • 7 Kovalainen • 8 Grosjean • 9 Rosberg • 10 Hamilton • 11 Hülkenberg • 12 Gutiérrez • 14 Di Resta • 15 Sutil • 16 Maldonado • 17 Bottas • 18 Vergne • 19 Ricciardo • 20 Pic • 21 Van der Garde • 22 Bianchi • 23 Chilton
Other Drivers	Buemi • Félix da Costa • Sainz Jr. • Gené • De la Rosa • Rigon • Paffett • Turvey • Magnussen • d'Ambrosio • Prost • Valsecchi • Hartley • Bird • Frijns • Sato • Sirotkin • Rossiter • Calado • Wolff • Juncadella • Kyvat • Rossi • Ma • Stevens • Razia • González • Ellinas

2014 Teams and Drivers
Teams	Caterham • Ferrari • Force India • Lotus • Marussia • McLaren • Mercedes • Red Bull • Sauber • Toro Rosso • Williams
Engines	Ferrari • Mercedes • Renault
Drivers	1 Vettel • 3 Ricciardo • 4 Chilton • 6 Rosberg • 7 Räikkönen • 8 Grosjean • 9 Ericsson • 10 Kobayashi • 11 Pérez • 13 Maldonado • 14 Alonso • 17 Bianchi • 19 Massa • 20 Magnussen • 21 Gutiérrez • 22 Button • 25 Vergne • 26 Kvyat • 27 Hülkenberg • 42 Rossi • 44 Hamilton • 45 Lotterer • 46 Stevens • 77 Bottas • 99 Sutil
Other Drivers	Buemi • De la Rosa • Félix da Costa • Frijns • Gené • Juncadella • Paffett • Rigon • Sirotkin • Sørensen • Turvey • Van der Garde • Vandoorne • Wolff

2015 Teams and Drivers
Teams	Ferrari • Force India • Lotus • Marussia • McLaren • Mercedes • Red Bull • Sauber • Toro Rosso • Williams
Engines	Ferrari • Honda • Mercedes • Renault
Drivers	3 Ricciardo • 5 Vettel • 6 Rosberg • 7 Räikkönen • 8 Grosjean • 9 Ericsson • 11 Pérez • 12 Nasr • 13 Maldonado • 14 Alonso • 19 Massa • 20 Magnussen • 21 Gutiérrez • 22 Button • 26 Kvyat • 27 Hülkenberg • 28 Stevens • 33 Verstappen • 44 Hamilton • 53 Rossi • 55 Sainz • 77 Bottas • 98 Merhi
Other Drivers	Buemi • Celis • Daruvala • De la Rosa • Félix da Costa • Fong • Gasly • Gutiérrez • Jordá • King • Leimer • Lynn • Marciello • Palmer • Pic • Prost • Rigon • Sutil • Turvey • Vandoorne • Vergne • Wehrlein • Wolff

2016 Teams and Drivers
Teams	Ferrari • Force India • Haas • Manor • McLaren • Mercedes • Red Bull • Renault • Sauber • Toro Rosso • Williams
Engines	Ferrari • Honda • Mercedes • Renault • TAG Heuer
Drivers	3 Ricciardo • 5 Vettel • 6 Rosberg • 7 Räikkönen • 8 Grosjean • 9 Ericsson • 11 Pérez • 12 Nasr • 14 Alonso • 19 Massa • 20 Magnussen • 21 Gutiérrez • 22 Button • 26 Kvyat • 27 Hülkenberg • 30 Palmer • 31 Ocon • 33 Verstappen • 44 Hamilton • 47 Vandoorne • 55 Sainz • 77 Bottas • 88 Haryanto • 94 Wehrlein
Other Drivers	Celis • di Resta • Fong • Fuoco • Gasly • Jordá • Kari • King • Leclerc • Lynn • Matsushita • Mazepin • Paffett • Rossi • Stroll • Turvey • Vandoorne • Vergne

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