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Grosjean enjoying amazing midfield battle

Grosjean enjoying "amazing" midfield battle

21-10-2018 09:15

With both the drivers’ and constructors’ titles all but wrapped up for Lewis Hamilton and Mercedes, attention turns to the lower positions of the standings, where an incredible midfield battle can be found.

The race for P7 in the drivers’ standings is really hotting up, and in the constructors’ standings, the battles between Renault and Haas for P4 and McLaren and Force India for P6 are very intriguing.

Haas trail Renault by just eight points in the race to be the ‘best of the rest’ and will be looking to score some solid points at the American Grand Prix later on today to try and close that gap.

Romain Grosjean qualified in P8 for the race and he has explained why the midfield battle is so good.

He said: "It's exciting to know that we're in the mix there with Force India sixth and Renault seventh. This midfield battle is pretty amazing."

Grosjean also mentioned how he hoped the team would be more competitive in the race than they were in qualifying, adding: “Hopefully, we'll have a bit more for the race tomorrow. I'm really looking forward to the race.

“We've got one car that can choose its tires for the race start, and then I'll start on the ultrasofts. It should be about 15 degrees hotter in terms of track temperature. I think we’re in a good spot.”