Grosjean wants Le Mans seat
Grosjean wants Le Mans seat
Haas driver Romain Grosjean has set his sights on competing at the Le Mans 24 Hours in 2018. Fernando Alonso is already set to take part in the famous race as part of his World Endurance Championship commitments with Toyota this year.
F1 stars taking on the famous race is nothing new, Nico Hulkenberg was part of Porsche's victorious squad in 2015.
Toro Rosso's Brendon Hartley was a Le Mans winner last year before returning to F1 and though wary of packing more onto his already hectic schedule, Grosjean has designs on becoming the latest to make the move between the series.
"Le Mans 24 Hours is one that I'm looking at," Grosjean told Racer. "If there's a great opportunity I may just jump in [this year].
"It would be five weekends in a row or something like that, but I've got to train for a triathlon first. I'm trying to do a first triathlon this year, so I have a deal with my wife who says if I go and do another race I have to drop that one! I'd pick Le Mans.
"I haven't even asked the team. If there's an opportunity I will ask the team for sure and we'll see what we can do. If they don't want me to race, fine, I can fully understand. There are already a lot of races."
Grosjean has previously talked up his desire to race in NASCAR, and maintains the desire to try his hand in stock cars.
His work with Gene Haas could facilitate such an experiment, but Grosjean says he must clear a few hurdles first.
"I would love to try NASCAR but it's difficult because of the skill and I need to test the car," he added.
"I can't go to a race and think, 'Oh, I'll be all right, it's NASCAR.' It's a bit complicated. So we'll see what the future holds.
"The first year [at Haas F1] was really a wish from both sides and it didn't really work.
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"Then they swapped to Ford, which they really had to focus on. So it's not that easy. I said I don't want to do any ovals because I don't feel comfortable, it's something very different from everything I know. So there's only two road races - Watkins Glen and Sonoma - and it just makes things difficult.
"It would probably have to be a request from the team and then I would be super happy to do it."
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