Grosjean frustrated after crash in Russia: "It's hard to digest"
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Romain Grosjean believes he was on course for a solid points finish after a positive Saturday in Russia. Unfortunately, the Haas driver was involved in a three-car collision which threw him into the barriers. The Frenchman admits it was hard to digest.
Grosjean qualified inside the top 10 for the first time since the Hungarian Grand Prix prior to the summer break. Kevin Magnussen, who started the Russian Grand Prix from P14, finished inside the points.
As this result shows, Grosjean was right to believe he had a good chance of picking up some needed points.
“There’s not much to say, the footage is pretty clear. We’ve been working very hard all weekend, and we had a competitive car – we were going to go for points today. There was a huge amount of pressure on us to get into Q3 in qualifying yesterday, we don’t know how often we’ll get those chances. Obviously, our race was then ruined by turn four," Grosjean said.
"I had no chance to react. It’s a bit of a disappointing afternoon. It’s hard to digest as I felt this was the weekend we could score. To be taken out on the first lap is very hard.”