Grosjean test to go ahead despite French GP date change

The French Grand Prix has been brought forward a week to June 20 and now clashes with an IndyCar race in America that Romain Grosjean will be competing in.

Published : May 14, 2021 22:30 IST

Romain Grosjean's test in Lewis Hamilton's 2019 Formula One title-winning Mercedes car is scheduled for June 29 (File Photo).
Romain Grosjean's test in Lewis Hamilton's 2019 Formula One title-winning Mercedes car is scheduled for June 29 (File Photo).
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Romain Grosjean's test in Lewis Hamilton's 2019 Formula One title-winning Mercedes car is scheduled for June 29 (File Photo).

Romain Grosjean's Mercedes test remains on next month but he will not be able to do demonstration laps at his home French Grand Prix after changes to the Formula One race calendar on Friday.

The French round has been brought forward a week to June 20 and now clashes with an IndyCar race in America that Grosjean will be competing in.

The Frenchman's test, in Lewis Hamilton's 2019 title-winning car, is scheduled for June 29 -- seven months on from a fiery crash in Bahrain in what turned out to be his last race in F1.

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Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff made the offer of a test as Grosjean rested in the hospital with burns to his hands.

Grosjean's Haas car split in half and erupted in a fireball after penetrating a metal barrier on the opening lap at the Sakhir GP, with the Frenchman managing miraculously to extricate himself and leap clear.

"I guess it’s going to be important for many people to see me in a Formula 1 car after what happened to me," he said in the sport's latest 'Beyond the Grid' podcast.

"You may have loved me, you may have hated me. What happened to me is something you wish for no one," he added.

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