#Romain Grosjean to race for Lamborghini in 2023 and 2024

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Romain Grosjean to race for Lamborghini in 2023 and 2024

Grosjean drove for Renault, Lotus and Haas during his F1 career Former Formula 1 driver Romain Grosjean will return to racing in Europe next year with Lamborghini in sports car racing. The Frenchman, 36, has competed in America's IndyCar series since escaping from a huge fire following a crash at the 2020 Bahrain Grand Prix. Grosjean will race at Le Mans 2024 for Lamborghini's elite class 'hypercar' entry, run by the Iron Lynx team. "It's an honour to be joining Lamborghini," he said. Grosjean will race in a lower class GT3 Lamborghini in 2023 - starting with the Daytona 24 Hours in January - while developing the new Le Mans Daytona h (LMDh) hypercar, which will compete in the World Endurance Championship and American IMSA series in 2024. Sports cars introduced a new hypercar class last year and has attracted several big manufacturers back to endurance racing, most of which will begin competing in 2023 in time for the 100th year anniversary of Le Mans 24 Hours. "The new LMDh is a beautiful car," Grosjean said. "I'm lucky to have seen it - and an incredible project in endurance. It's becoming a very exciting category with all the constructors coming." Grosjean never won a grand prix during a 10-year F1 career - he finished second twice - before coming perilously close to losing his life in his final race. He collided with a barrier on the first lap at Bahrain's Sakhir circuit, his Haas car bursting into flames and wedging itself into the Armco. Grosjean escaped with burns to his hands and gained the nickname 'the Phoenix' after he appeared from his car, which was engulfed in flames. He will also contest his third season in IndyCar in 2023 racing for Andretti Autosport, the same team Britain's Jamie Chadwick will join next year in the second-tier Indy NXT series. The wrecked cockpit from Grosjean's crash in Bahrain via BBC Sport - Formula 1 http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/

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Romain David Jeremie Grosjean

Birthdate: April 17, 1986 Hometown: Geneva, Switzerland Residence: Miami, Florida Height/Weight: 5’11”/165lbs

Rookie Year: 2021

Team: Juncos Hollinger Racing

Follow him on: Instagram Twitter YouTube

(His YouTube is very full and active with everything from behind the scenes to driver interviews.)

Career Stats

2021 Dale Coyne Racing w/ Rick Ware Racing - 15th Overall 2022 Andretti Autosport - 13th Overall 2023 Andretti Autosport - 13th Overall

Formula One 2009 Renault F1 Team - 23rd Overall 2012 Lotus F1 Team - 8th Overall 2013 Lotus F1 Team - 7th Overall 2014 Lotus F1 Team - 14th Overall 2015 Lotus F1 Team - 11th Overall 2016 Haas F1 Team - 13th Overall 2017 Haas F1 Team - 13th Overall 2018 Haas F1 Team - 14th Overall 2019 Haas F1 Team - 18th Overall 2020 Haas F1 Team - 19th Overall

IMSA

2023 Iron Lynx GTD Pro 2024 Iron Lynx GTD Pro Lamborghini – Iron Lynx GTP

Born in Geneva, Switzerland, Grosjean made 180 starts in Formula One He also began his own esports team in 2020 to support sim racers in various series during the pandemic. as a passion for cooking, stating he wanted to be a chef had racing not worked out. He and his wife, Marion, released a cookbook. has pilot's licence

Iconic/memorable moments (since coming to Indycar)

INSIDE THE RACE: Romain Grosjean // Mid-Ohio Outside the Line: Romain Grosjean Romain Grosjean, Scott McLaughlin wreck each other during GP of St. Petersburg | Motorsports on NBC Grosjean Takes First Indycar Pole | GMR Grand Prix 2021 RACER: Romain Grosjean's IndyCar Test In Monterey How Grosjean landed a top IndyCar drive with Andretti for 2022 Doug and Drivers: Romain Grosjean Romain Grosjean Pole Lap Debrief // Children’s of Alabama Indy Grand Prix Motor Homies Episode 1: World Premiere IndyCar Driver Romain Grosjean Joins Us at Indy 500 Media Day "I WANTED A CHALLENGE!" Romain Grosjean talks switching F1 for IndyCar, Lewis Hamilton & more! JAVA WITH JAMES // ROMAIN GROSJEAN AND JAMES HINCHCLIFFE

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Paired with Marcus Ericsson

Still quite frequently used in F1 fanfic.

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Romain Grosjean to race for Lamborghini in 2023 and 2024

Romain Grosjean to race for Lamborghini in 2023 and 2024

Grosjean drove for Renault, Lotus and Haas during his F1 career Former Formula 1 driver Romain Grosjean will return to racing in Europe next year with Lamborghini in sports car racing. The Frenchman, 36, has competed in America’s IndyCar series since escaping from a huge fire following a crash at the 2020 Bahrain Grand Prix. Grosjean will race at Le Mans 2024 for Lamborghini’s elite class…

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Grosjean joins Lamborghini for its 2024 WEC hypercar entry | WEC

Romain Grosjean will be one of Lamborghini’s drivers when the manufacturer enters the top class of prototype sportscar racing in 2024. The former Formula 1 racer who has spent the last two seasons in IndyCar has become a Lamborghini factory driver. He will be one of the development team next year for Lamborghini’s hypercar before it makes its race debut. He will spend 2023 combining those duties, and his IndyCar campaign with Andretti Autosport, with appearances in endurance racing for Iron Lynx in a Lamborghini Huracan GT3 EVO2. The first outing will be January’s Daytona 24 Hours, where he will share the car with his fellow hypercar test drivers Andrea Caldarelli and Mirko Bortolotti. “First of all, it’s an honour to be joining Lamborghini, it’s such an iconic brand for everyone who loves cars, including myself and my kids,” said Grosjean. “On top of that, I am very excited about two things: the first is starting in Daytona with the GT3 which has been very successful in Daytona and a really good team like Iron Lynx and team-mates around me, so that is going to be a nice discovery for myself. “And then, later in the year developing the new LMDh which is a beautiful car – I’m lucky to have seen it – and an incredible project in endurance. It’s becoming a very exciting category with all the constructors coming. With Lamborghini being such a successful brand, I hope we can do well in the future.” This is not Grosjean’s first venture into sportscar racing. He won twice in the FIA GT1 World Championship in 2010 and also contested the Le Mans 24 Hours that year. The 36-year-old spend nine-and-a-half seasons in F1, starting a brief stint with Renault at the end of 2009. After losing his drive he landed in GT1, and also won the Auto GP title with DAMS. The team ran him in GP2 too, where he was champion in 2011 and earned his way back onto the F1 grid. Grosjean claimed 10 podiums from four seasons with Lotus, then spent a further five years with Haas. After a fiery crash at the 2020 Bahrain Grand Prix his F1 career came to an end, and he moved on to IndyCar where 30 starts across two years have yielded four podiums and a pole position. “Romain is a great addition to the team,” said Iron Lynx team principal Andrea Piccini, who raced against Grosjean in GT1. “Since we last shared the track in 2010, Romain has gone on to achieve brilliant things in both F1 and IndyCar, showing himself to be a driver of great calibre, who always rises to the occasion. He added: “I’m very happy that we will get the opportunity to work together, in the capacity as team principal and driver, and I know that he will bring a great deal of experience to Iron Lynx as we embark on our new chapter with Lamborghini.” World Endurance Championship Browse all World Endurance Championship articles via RaceFans - Independent Motorsport Coverage https://www.racefans.net/