grosjean

Daha önce Belçika’daki kaza nedeniyle 1 yarıştan men edilen Fransız pilot, yine bir kazaya karıştı ve ceza aldı.

Art arda gelen olayların ardından hem Red Bull hem de Mark Webber, Lotus’un Grosjean’ı kontrol altında tutması gerektiğini dile getirmişti.

Suzuka’daki kazandan sonra Webber’den özür dileyen Lotus pilotu, Serigo Perez’den kaçarken bu olayın yaşandığını ifade etti.

Grosjean: “Singapur’dan bu yana, kalkışlarda gerçekten temkinli olmaya çalışıyorum. Japonya’da bir kazaya karışmak daha büyük bir hayal kırıklığı yarattı”

“İlk viraja yaklaşırken, temas yaşamamak için solumdaki SErgio’yu takip ediyordumWhen approaching the first corner, I was watching Sergio on my left to make sure there was no contact with him. I didn’t expect such a big speed difference between me and Mark braking into the corner, we collided and that was it.

“It was a stupid mistake. Mark came to see me after the race and was obviously not happy, but I apologised and we have to move on.

“I’ve sat down and looked at things again with the team; for sure it’s still an area we need to improve. We’re clearly focusing on this area for the next races.”

Team boss Eric Boullier reckons rivals are pushing Grosjean hard because they know he has to be cautious – and thinks the Frenchman’s latest problem has come from trying too hard to not crash.

“We could see in Singapore, when Romain was back after his race ban, that some other drivers were putting extra pressure on him at the start,” he explained.

“In Suzuka, Romain made a small mistake by misjudging his pace relative to Mark, which was a bit higher. We have sat down and spoken.

“We understand what has to be done. I think in Singapore to an extent and in Suzuka he was almost trying to overcompensate by focusing on staying out of trouble, which in the last race had the opposite effect.”