Grosjean: P7 was possible without qualifying blow-up

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11:52, 13 Jun 2018

Romain Grosjean believes that a seventh-placed finish was on the cards for Haas had it not been for a spectacular engine failure at the beginning of Q1 on Saturday. The Frenchman didn't get to take part in qualifying and started from the back of the grid instead.

Despite the issue, Grosjean went on to beat his teammate in the race and finish in 12th place, with a performance he was happy with afterward.

"We didn’t really know quite how long we could go," he said.

We had been planning to go long, but not as long as that. The tires were holding quite nicely. There was only a bit of front degradation.

"I was happy with the pace. I was easily managing keeping up with the Renault in front and the Force India behind. If qualifying had been as I was expecting with a P7, it would’ve been a P7, for sure.

"Anyway, we tried to come back, but our strategy didn’t quite work. When we came out of the pit we had a lot of blue flags and so on. I couldn’t really come back through the field.

Pos.	Driver	Team	Points
1	Kimi Antonelli Kimi Antonelli	MercedesMER	204
2	Lewis Hamilton Lewis Hamilton	FerrariFER	159
3	George Russell George Russell	MercedesMER	154
4	Charles Leclerc Charles Leclerc	FerrariFER	126
5	Lando Norris Lando Norris	McLarenMCL	103
6	Oscar Piastri Oscar Piastri	McLarenMCL	92
7	Max Verstappen Max Verstappen	Red Bull RacingRBR	91
8	Isack Hadjar Isack Hadjar	Red Bull RacingRBR	60
9	Pierre Gasly Pierre Gasly	AlpineALP	42
10	Liam Lawson Liam Lawson	Racing BullsRCB	39
11	Arvid Lindblad Arvid Lindblad	Racing BullsRCB	22
12	Franco Colapinto Franco Colapinto	AlpineALP	19
13	Oliver Bearman Oliver Bearman	HaasHAA	18
14	Gabriel Bortoleto Gabriel Bortoleto	AudiAUD	10
15	Carlos Sainz Carlos Sainz	WilliamsWIL	6
16	Alexander Albon Alexander Albon	WilliamsWIL	5
17	Esteban Ocon Esteban Ocon	HaasHAA	3
18	Fernando Alonso Fernando Alonso	Aston MartinAST	1
19	Nico Hulkenberg Nico Hulkenberg	AudiAUD	0
20	Valtteri Bottas Valtteri Bottas	CadillacCAD	0
21	Sergio Perez Sergio Perez	CadillacCAD	0
22	Lance Stroll Lance Stroll	Aston MartinAST	0

Grosjean: P7 was possible without qualifying blow-up

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