Romain Grosjean

He is also the grandson of skier Fernand Grosjean, silver medalist in giant slalom at the 1950 World Ski Championship in Aspen.

Romain David Jeremie Grosjean (born 17 April 1986) is a French and Swiss professional racing driver, competing under the French flag.

He currently drives in the NTT IndyCar Series, driving the No. 77 Chevrolet for Juncos Hollinger Racing team.

Grosjean previously spent nine full-time seasons in Formula One for a variety of teams, picking up 10 podiums, all with Lotus.

He became the first driver since 1994 to receive a race ban after causing a multi-car Pile-up, at the 2012 Belgian Grand Prix.

In he remained with Lotus, taking six podiums.

Grosjean won all ten rounds of the 2003 Formula Lista Junior championship and moved to the French Formula Renault championship for 2004.

He dominated the 2005 French Formula Renault championship at his first attempt and joined the Renault young driver programme.

He was seventh in that first season with one win and was champion in 2005 with ten victories.

He also appeared in the Formula Renault Eurocup and finished on the podium twice in Valencia.

With his results and potential in the Formula Renault series, Grosjean joined the Renault Driver Development programme for the continuation of his career.

Grosjean made his Formula Three debut at the 2005 Macau Grand Prix, standing in for Loïc Duval at Signature-Plus.

He did a full season in the 2006 Formula 3 Euro Series but had a tough year, taking only one podium finish and ending the year 13th.

In a one-off appearance in the British Formula Three Championship he started on pole position for both races at Pau, won both, and set the fastest lap in each.

He was the 2007 Formula 3 Euro Series drivers' champion.

He stayed in the Formula 3 Euro Series for 2007 but moved to the ASM team, for which Jamie Green, Lewis Hamilton, and Paul di Resta won the previous three titles.

Sébastien Buemi led the championship in the early stages but Grosjean moved ahead with a victory in the ninth race of the season at Mugello.

He maintained a lead in the standings from that point onwards and won the title at the final round of the year with one race in hand.

In 2008, he became the inaugural GP2 Asia Series champion and came fourth in his first year in GP2.

In he made his Formula One debut for Renault at the and came fourth again in GP2 despite missing the final eight races.

He stayed with ART Grand Prix team for the 2008 GP2 Series.

His teammates were Luca Filippi and Sakon Yamamoto.

After being dropped by Renault, he returned to junior formulae, winning the 2010 Auto GP championship at the first attempt and winning the 2011 GP2 Asia Series and GP2 Series becoming the first – and, only – two-time GP2 Asia champion and the only driver to hold both the GP2 Asia series and main GP2 series titles simultaneously.

Due to the Asia and Main GP2 series being discontinued, this will likely remain true for the foreseeable future.

In, Grosjean returned to Formula One with the Lotus F1 Team, alongside Kimi Räikkönen.

In the first round at the Circuit de Catalunya, Grosjean started 11th after engine problems in qualifying.

He rose through the field to finish fifth in the feature race, giving him fourth on the grid for the shorter sprint race.

He took his first Formula One podium at the 2012 Bahrain Grand Prix and took his first fastest lap in the 2012 Spanish Grand Prix.

Grosjean took pole position for the prestigious Masters of Formula 3 race at Zolder but finished 14th after stalling at the start.

Grosjean drove for ART in the inaugural GP2 Asia Series season alongside Stephen Jelley, winning both races of the first round of the championship.

He went on to win the championship with four race victories and sixty-one points overall.

He drove for Lotus again alongside Venezuelan Pastor Maldonado in the and seasons and achieved a podium finish at the 2015 Belgian Grand Prix before moving to Haas from to.

He qualified 19th and raced to ninth, beating teammates Fábio Carbone and Guillaume Moreau.

In what would be his final Formula One race, Grosjean survived a dramatic crash during the 2020 Bahrain Grand Prix when his car separated in two and caught fire after penetrating a metal guardrail on the first lap.

Grosjean sustained minor burns and credited the halo with saving his life.

After the 2020 Formula One season, Grosjean moved to the IndyCar Series.

He obtained his first pole position and podium in his third race, the Grand Prix of Indianapolis.

Grosjean was born in Geneva, Switzerland.

He was born to a Swiss father and a French mother.

He is the great-grandson of Edgar Brandt, weapon designer and founder of Brandt.