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Romain Grosjean Completes One-Off Haas F1 Test at Mugello

Five years after his Bahrain fire, a Haas TPC run reunited him with longtime team members at the Italian circuit.

Romain Grosjean survived a horrific fireball crash in a Formula 1 race in 2020
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May 26, 2023; Indianapolis, Indiana, USA; IndyCar Series driver Romain Grosjean during Carb Day practice for the Indianapolis 500 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Mandatory Credit: Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports/File Photo
Romain Grosjean smiles in the paddock during the Sprint/qualifying ahead of the F1 Grand Prix of United States at Circuit of The Americas on October 19, 2024 in Austin, United States.

Overview

  • The 39-year-old turned laps in Haas’s 2023 VF-23 under Testing of Previous Cars rules at Mugello on Friday.
  • Images from the session showed wet conditions and the car carrying his old race number 8.
  • Grosjean wore the special helmet designed by his children that he had planned to use at the 2020 Abu Dhabi finale.
  • Team principal Ayao Komatsu served as his race engineer for the day, with Dominic Haines and Ian Staniforth among former crew on site.
  • F1TV’s James Hinchcliffe also drove the VF-23 for a broadcast feature as part of Haas’s new TPC program, launched with support from Toyota Gazoo Racing.