[10] His teammates were Luca Filippi[11] and Sakon Yamamoto. Volvió a luchar por la victoria en Hungría, pero de nuevo no puede materializarlo y una penalización acabó con sus esperanzas. After scoring four further wins as part of a mid-season run that included six consecutive podium finishes, he pulled clear of his pursuers and clinched the championship at the penultimate round at Spa-Francorchamps. Su estreno en la máxima categoría se vio claramente perjudicado por la baja competitividad de su coche. Renault entered rounds 1–13 as "ING Renault F1 Team". El Sauber de Kamui Kobayashi también quedó dañado y terminó la justa en 13.eɾ lugar. At the Japanese Grand Prix, Grosjean qualified 18th, which he blamed on rain throughout practice preventing him from fully learning the demanding Suzuka Circuit, which he had never driven on before. Later in the race he was sent off track by Sergio Pérez while Pérez was attempting an overtake – Pérez received a drive through penalty for the incident. After being dropped by Renault he returned to junior formulae, winning the 2010 Auto GP championship at the first attempt and winning the 2011 GP2 Asia Series and GP2 Series becoming the first – and as of 2018[update], only – two-time GP2 Asia champion and the only driver to hold both the GP2 Asia series and main GP2 series titles simultaneously. [17] Sin embargo, a diferencia de los dos años anteriores, el monoplaza no fue competitivo y tuvo serios problemas de fiabilidad tras el cambio reglamentario. But in the race, his pace improved and he finished 8th, despite making contact with Pastor Maldonado in the opening laps and a mistake in the pits, both of which cost him some time. [69], In 2014, Grosjean appeared in the music video for "Dangerous" by David Guetta. [30] He fell to sixth at the start and retired on the second lap after a collision with Pastor Maldonado,[31] which broke his right-front suspension. A partir de 2011, el piloto vuelve a la categoría con DAMS. [64] They have been together since 2008. En la primera vuelta del GP de Bélgica, Grosjean ocasiona un espectacular accidente dejando fuera de combate a Checo Pérez, al líder del campeonato Fernando Alonso, a Lewis Hamilton y al propio piloto galo. On 28 September 2018 it was confirmed that Haas would retain Grosjean for the 2019 season, again partnering Magnussen. [17] Grosjean qualified 14th at the European Grand Prix. He dominated the 2005 French Formula Renault championship at his first attempt and joined the Renault young driver programme. Every driver gets a score report that takes into account the model of car used, the weather and the driving conditions. At the German Grand Prix after qualifying 5th he led the race for a while and seemed to be on a faster pace than Sebastian Vettel but the intervention of the safety car changed the race. After the end of the season news reports had doubts that Grosjean would keep his seat into 2010, On 31 January 2010 Renault confirmed that Grosjean's former GP2 teammate at the Addax Team, Vitaly Petrov would be the team's second driver alongside Robert Kubica for the 2010 season leaving Grosjean without a Formula One drive for 2010. [9] Más tarde, en el GP de Europa, mientras ocupaba la segunda posición y cada vez más cerca de Fernando Alonso, quien lideraba en esos momentos, sufre una avería en el alternador de su motor, obligándole a abandonar la carrera. He is the great-grandson of Edgar Brandt, weapon designer and founder of Brandt. El francés no consiguió tomar la salida en 2 carreras (Singapur y Brasil), rozó la zona de puntos en otras 2 (Japón y Abu Dabi) y volvería a puntuar en Austin, cerrando el campeonato en la posición 13° con 29 puntos. Grosjean was confirmed as Renault's test driver for 2008, replacing Nelson Piquet Jr., who graduated to a race seat. All feature Jaguar's lightweight aluminium architecture. [citation needed] He qualified 13th but his race ended when he crashed into the back of Daniel Ricciardo, earning him a 10-place grid penalty for the next race. [53], Following Jenson Button's retirement from full-time racing, the members of the GPDA elected Grosjean to replace Button as one of the directors of the GPDA in May 2017.[54].