Haas to release Grosjean if 'top team' comes along

  • Published on 25 Apr 2016 11:18
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  • By: Rob Veenstra

Gene Haas says he will not force Romain Grosjean to stay at the new American outfit if a "top team" wants to sign him. A tough weekend in China aside, Frenchman Grosjean has been impressive for the Ferrari-linked outfit so far, amid his obvious desire to one day switch to the works team.

Ferrari has a potential vacancy for 2017 and team founder Haas said: "I would never hold on to a reluctant driver. Romain is happy now, but if one of the two top teams offered him a contract and was ready to pay the termination clause, it would be silly not to accept it," the Californian is quoted by Tuttosport. "Romain is a good guy and if he gets the chance to fight for the title it would not be fair if he was not able to try," Haas added. (GMM)

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  • Wolfgang

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    "and was ready to pay the termination clause"

    Says all.. :-)

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    • Apr 25 2016 - 11:59
    • In other words he ain't going anywhere, tough luck Romain.

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      • Apr 25 2016 - 15:47
  • Im very confused with Romain. On one hand he is pretty darn skilled, on the other he tend to make very clumsy mistakes, and even worse: he tend to blame said mistakes on others, such as Ericsson in the last race, or Stevens in Canada last year, or Schumi in 2012 in Malaysia.

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    • Apr 25 2016 - 17:41

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