Romain Grosjean is one of the most popular and richest Race Car Driver who was born on April 17, 1986 in Geneva, Canton of Geneva, Switzerland. In 2012, he became a teammate with Kimiraikkonen of the Lotus F1 Team.
Grosjean was born in Geneva, Switzerland. He was born to a Swiss father and a French mother. He is the great-grandson of Edgar Brandt, weapon designer and founder of Brandt. He is also the grandson of skier Fernand Grosjean, silver medalist in giant slalom at the 1950 in Aspen.
Romain Grosjean (French: [ʁɔmɛ̃ ɡʁoʒɑ̃] ; born 17 April 1986) is a racing driver with French-Swiss nationality. Born in Geneva, he races under the French flag and currently drives for the Haas F1 Team.
On June 27, 2012, he married Marion Jolles, his long-time girlfriend.
He placed 8th at the 2012 Formula One World Championships.
The next weekend, at Suzuka, he qualified 4th. After a poor start by the Red Bulls on the front row, Grosjean took the lead into the first corner and showed good pace compared to the Red Bulls behind him, leading almost half the race. Vettel passed him on lap 28 and he was also later overtaken by Mark Webber, and finished 3rd for the second straight race. In India, Grosjean failed to reach Q2 on medium tyres in order to save softer tyres, and he ultimately qualified 17th. In the race, he had a longer first stint with soft tyres in order to apply a one pit stop strategy that worked perfectly as he finished 3rd behind Vettel and Rosberg after overtaking Massa and then Räikkönen who forced him off the track on his first overtaking attempt. At Abu Dhabi, after qualifying 7th (and being promoted to 6th due to teammate Räikkönen’s penalty), he had another strong start and strong race, finishing 4th. At the United States Grand Prix, Grosjean had a good qualifying session and earned a 3rd spot on the grid behind Vettel and Webber. In the race, Grosjean had a strong start once again, by overtaking Webber and nearly overtaking Vettel. Leading a lap during the pit stop phase, Grosjean finished 2nd by holding off Webber despite numerous overtaking attempts.
