LONDON: Lotus are expecting a new-look Romain Grosjean this season after assuring the crash-prone French Formula One driver that he has a long-term future with them.
Grosjean earned a one race ban last season after a Belgian Grand Prix collision that put Ferrari’s title contender Fernando Alonso out of the race, with the Spaniard lucky to escape serious injury.
Red Bull’s Mark Webber of Australia dubbed the Frenchman a ‘first lap nutcase’ for the number of starting crashes he was involved in but Grosjean has been addressing the problem since September with the help of a sports psychologist.
“He’s a different guy,” Lotus chairman Gerard Lopez told Reuters. “He knows what he has to do. We have told him he’s got a long-term future with us so now he can literally take it race by race. He’s got the speed to win races.”
Published in The Express Tribune, February 28th, 2013.
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