{"id":171456,"date":"2025-09-26T21:18:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-26T21:18:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/171456\/"},"modified":"2025-09-26T21:18:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-26T21:18:08","slug":"first-look-at-romain-grosjeans-fairytale-f1-return-after-five-year-wait","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/171456\/","title":{"rendered":"First Look At Romain Grosjean\u2019s Fairytale F1 Return After Five-Year Wait"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"inline-text-0\" class=\"mt-[18px] md:mt-0 mb-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"4y\">Romain Grosjean has returned to the cockpit of a Formula 1 car to complete his motor racing fairytale.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-1\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"51\">The Frenchman has been focused on his commitments with Lamborghini&#8217;s IMSA sportscar program this season having left IndyCar at the end of 2024.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-2\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"54\">But his former F1 team Haas has given him a run out in its 2023 VF-23 car as part of a TPC [testing of previous car] run at Italy&#8217;s Mugello circuit, a day after the team had run as part of a Pirelli tire test ahead of the 2026 season.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A moment five years in the making \u2764\ufe0f<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/HaasF1?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#HaasF1<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/F1?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#F1<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RGrosjean?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@RGrosjean<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/F1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@F1<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7DHUSdkZJ1\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/7DHUSdkZJ1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 MoneyGram Haas F1 Team (@HaasF1Team) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HaasF1Team\/status\/1971501245647954386?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">September 26, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-4\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5a\">The opportunity is the first time Grosjean has driven F1 machinery since his terrifying Bahrain Grand Prix crash in 2020, which brought a premature end to his final season in the championship.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-5\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5d\">He was somehow able to extricate himself from the burning wreckage of his Haas, which had penetrated the barrier and ripped itself into two.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-6\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5g\">Grosjean has taken to the track early for Haas, sharing the circuit with a Ferrari mule car as the Scuderia takes its turn to help Pirelli. <\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-7\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5j\">The Italian marque is using Charles Leclerc and reserve driver Zhou Guanyu, who is driving in place of Lewis Hamilton after the seven-time champion was forced to return home to aid his beloved dog Roscoe through serious illness.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-8\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5m\">Take a look at the first images from Grosjean&#8217;s return to F1.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/01k62qydjg31wd4vmxsf.jpg\" alt=\"Romain Grosjean, Haas\" title=\"Romain Grosjean, Haas\" width=\"6597\" height=\"3710\" class=\"undefined w-full w-full blur-[5px]\" q:id=\"5v\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Romain Grosjean, Haas, during a TPC run at the Mugello Circuit, Italy. | Haas F1 Team<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/01k62r0g6zp4v6dwzjx5.jpg\" alt=\"Romain Grosjean, Haas\" title=\"Romain Grosjean, Haas\" width=\"7964\" height=\"4479\" class=\"undefined w-full w-full blur-[5px]\" q:id=\"65\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Haas F1 Team<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/01k62r1qeb44fmfdmff3.jpg\" alt=\"Romain Grosjean, Haas\" title=\"Romain Grosjean, Haas\" width=\"6400\" height=\"3600\" class=\"undefined w-full w-full blur-[5px]\" q:id=\"6f\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Haas F1 Team<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/01k62r6xhd5sjfpz252k.jpg\" alt=\"Romain Grosjean, Ayao Komatsu, Haas\" title=\"Romain Grosjean, Ayao Komatsu, Haas\" width=\"5449\" height=\"3065\" class=\"undefined w-full w-full blur-[5px]\" q:id=\"6p\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Haas F1 Team<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-13\" 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