Haas F1 ace crashes again

Grosjean in Silverstone garage before he plastered the tire barrier

According to Guenther Steiner American drivers are not good enough for the American Haas F1 team so he hired two foreign drivers. As is normal one or both of them crash each race weekend.

On Friday at Silverstone Romain Grosjean crashed in first practice. And to make matters worse, the damaged sustained to his car was such that Haas had no choice but to change Grosjean’s chassis, meaning the 10-time podium finisher will have to sit out FP2.

There was around half an hour of opening practice remaining when Grosjean lost the rear end of his VF-18 at the ultra-quick Abbey Curve, sending him through the gravel and into the tire barriers. He always has an excuse.

“The car is destroyed, I’m very, very sorry," said Grosjean over Team Radio, before appearing to suggest that he’d accidentally failed to de-activate DRS after running over a bump.

Despite his off, Grosjean ended the session in P7, suggesting Haas should be a competitive force once again this weekend. The Frenchman’s team mate Kevin Magnussen, meanwhile, ended up in P14, but was called to the stewards after the session following an on-track squabble with Fernando Alonso.

"Now it's just a normal day at the office," joked Team Principal Guenther Steiner in the FIA press conference. "One car we need to change the chassis and the other car the driver is with the stewards!"