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May132018 by Tomaž StrgaršekNo Comments

Grosjeanu fined three starting places in Monaco

Romain Grosjean will start the race in Monaco three places lower than qualifying for the accident he caused in the first lap of today’s race. The French racer lost control of his car due to a fault in the third turn, spun, and Nico Hulkenberg and Pierre Gasly collided into it, causing the safety car to hit the track. The race commissioners thus awarded Grosjean a penalty of adding three starting places in the next race in Monaco, and he also received two penalty points on his racing license, a total of five now. Commissioners said after the race: "The racer explained that he expected the force to push him to the middle of the track as he turned, so he added gas to align the car and avoided the other cars. But in doing so, he drove off.

Sep32016 by Klara LjubiNo Comments

Grosjean five places lower

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Romain Grosjean will get a five-point mark-up on placing in today’s qualifiers as they unexpectedly replace the gearbox in Haas ’VF-16 race car after the last free practice. The Frenchman had previously spun in a chic Ascari in training and remained trapped in the sand. Before getting out of the car, he announced on the radio that he had “lost the gearbox”. The rules of Formula 1 dictate that the gear racer must use six consecutive races. Failure to do so will result in a penalty.

Jul222016 by Klara LjubiNo Comments

Opinions on radio rules differ

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At yesterday's press conference in Budapest, opinions on the new rules regarding radio communication differed. Small, but important, changes followed the Silverstone event, where Nico Rosberg received suggestions from the team on how to deal with a lost seventh gear. Rosberg later admitted that he was just about to stop in the pits, but with the help of engineers he managed to get to second place behind teammate Lewis Hamilton. For the offense, he was given a 10-second penalty on his race time, which put him in third place and gave the second to Max Verstappen. So far, the second point of the policy has been: "Indication of critical problems with the car. Any such message may only be used if the component or system is critical or potentially

Jul182016 by Blaž ŠtremfeljNo Comments

The Haas team in the fight against the McLaren team

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If Romain Grosjean and Esteban Gutierrez won five points more than McLaren racer Jenson Button and Fernando Alonso in the upcoming race in Budapest on Sunday, this year's rookie would have even more reason to rejoice, as they would overtake McLaren halfway through the season. them. Accordingly, the joy in the Haas team regarding this season, even though the last race in Silverstone was not exactly good for them. So they plan to fight even harder in the last two races before the summer break. “I always felt great at the racetrack near Budapest. I love this racetrack and I have often had good results here, ”said the optimistic Grosjean. In the four races he had at this racetrack, he was always in the top ten, and in 2012 he was even third with a race car

Mar222016 by Blaž ŠtremfeljNo Comments

Romain Grosjean named racer of the day

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Formula 1 fans decided in an online vote that the winner of the new "Driver of the Day Award" in the race for the Australian Grand Prix was Romain Grosjean, who moved from nineteenth to sixth place0. He managed this in the race car of the team that joined Formula 1 for the first time, the Hass-Team. So he also brought them the first points. He convinced fans with his maneuver to overtake Nik Hülkenberg in Force India and Valtteri Bottas in Williams in the second part of Sunday’s race. However, his teammate, who was involved in the accident with Fernando Alonso, which led to a partial interruption of the race, was less fortunate. "It's the same feeling for me as winning," Grosjean said, looking forward to the success and the award. “Even after the first tests with this car, I knew we only had it

Feb162016 by Klara LjubiNo Comments

Haas will be accumulating miles in the first tests

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Next week, the first tests of this year are scheduled to take place at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. All eleven teams will take part, all of them except Sauber with the 2016 season car. The newly joined Haas team will experience the first kilometers on the track, and their priority in those days will be, as expected, lap laps and not lap times. They will present their race car on Monday morning, an hour before the start of testing, in Boxing Street. Later, however, Romain Grosjean will have the honor of being the first to run down the track. The names of the new car have not yet been announced, but it will be powered by a Ferrari power unit. The Frenchman as one of the racers said of the expectations: "The first thing that will be important to us is that the car will run and work well. I hope we can pick up nice lengths

Jan222016 by Blaž ŠtremfeljNo Comments

The Haas team with clear goals

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The new team in the Formula 1 Haas caravan has clear goals for the new season. "We hope to create a position somewhere in the final part of the teams from the middle," explained Guenther Steiner in an interview for one of the Internet sites that follow the events in Formula 1. "Our biggest challenge is to become a compact team," he added. stressed when talking about the system of stops in the pits. For the team owned by Gene Haas, Romain Grosejean from France and Mexican Estaban Gutiérrez will drive in the premiere season.

Jan112016 by Klara LjubiNo Comments

The Haas race car will do the first kilometers in February

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The Haas F1 Team as the latest Formula 1 team plans to do the first kilometers on the track in the introductory test in February, after successfully passing the FIA crash test. They will therefore take part in the testing between 22 and 25 February and 1 and XNUMX March. Romain Grosjean, one of the racers of the American team, welcomed the announcement with praise from the team: "Good job guys!" In March, he and teammate Esteban Gutierrez, who recently raced for Sauber and later worked as Ferrari’s test racer, will compete in the inaugural race in Melbourne. The names of the race cars have not yet been announced. Their chassis is built with the help of Dallara, and they work with Ferrari for the powertrain. They have a multi-year technical agreement with the latter, which also covers the supply of other components and support.

Sep252015 by Klara Ljubi50 Comments

Haas will announce the names of the racers on Tuesday

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Gene Haas will announce the names of the racers who will be sitting in his newly formed team in the 2016 season next week, more precisely on Tuesday. He said some time ago that the future racing team must bring experience, as they are entering the world of Formula 1. by working with Ferrari. "We are a new team and everything is new here - the whole team, the people, the first race car ..., so we have to bring some familiar qualities to our ranks," says team boss Guenther Steiner. "We need an experienced racer who will eventually tell us' the car is good but this and that part doesn't work 'or 2 the team is doing well, I have a good relationship with the engineers but the car is not good'." Another big im

Avg232015 by Klara LjubiNo Comments

Williams apologized to Bottas

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Williams apologized to Finn after a mistake during Valtteri Bottas' stop because they deprived him of his potential ranking in the top four. When he first drove into the pits, the mechanics fitted three soft tires and one medium to the race car, and the commissioners therefore fined him for driving through the pits. Rob Smedley hasn’t found the right explanation for the event, and he doesn’t even want to point a finger at anyone who is supposed to be at fault. "Two old men can do it. First, we apologize to Bottas for ruining his race where he fought Sebastian Vettl and Romain Grosjean. Second, we must not blame individuals. We must go as a group of people and look back on what happened. , "Smedley thinks. Bottas summed up his feelings: "I am very disappointed. I have never heard of anything like this happening. Amp