News Details

Grosjean Handed Monaco Grid Drop after First Lap Crash in Spain

Romain Grosjean will drop three places on the grid for the Monaco Grand Prix after stewards penalised him for causing the lap one, turn three collision that saw himself, Nico Hülkenberg and Pierre Gasly all retired from the Spanish Grand Prix. The Haas F1 Team driver lost control as he followed team-mate Kevin Magnussen around the long third turn of the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya but as he attempted to recover, he lit up the rear tyres and ran across the circuit, leaving both Hülkenberg and Gasly with nowhere to go but straight to the scene of the accident. Stewards rejected Grosjean’s reasoning that he had no option but to spin across the track, and slapped him with the grid drop...
Full Story »
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

VIDEO: TERRIFYING view from Gasly's car of first-lap...

The first-lap crash between Romain Grosjean, Nico Hulkenberg and Pierre...
7y ago from GPFans.com

Grosjean handed Monaco penalty!

Haas driver Romain Grosjean has been handed a three-place grid penalty in...
7y ago from GPBlog.com

Grosjean wipes out Hulkenberg AND Gasly in CRAZY Spain...

Romain Grosjean's Azerbaijan Grand Prix ended with a disastrous spin into...
7y ago from GPFans.com

Grosjean handed Monaco grid penalty

If Barcelona is difficult when it comes to passing, Monaco is even more...
7y ago from Pitpass.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Victoria Government rejects MotoGP requests to move...

The Victoria State Government has rejected a request from MotoGP to move...
20h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Dorna Sports unveils rebrand as part of MotoGP...

Dorna Sports has announced it will be officially known as MotoGP Sports...

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

David Malukas heads the timesheets in opening IndyCar...

The NTT IndyCar Series held the first of two open test days at Phoenix...
10h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

George Barber, founder of iconic IndyCar venue, passes...

Barber Motorsports Park has announced that founder of the iconic track...
15h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Elfyn Evans wins Swedish showdown

Elfyn Evans and Scott Martin clinched victory on Rally Sweden which ended...

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Arsenal concerned about future of 23-year-old due to...

Arsenal could face a significant defensive decision this summer as...
2h ago from CaughtOffside.com

'We want to try and be brave' - Wolves boss sends...

Wolverhampton Wanderers head coach Rob Edwards acknowledged the quality in...
2h ago from SportsKeeda.com

Wolves away a chance to extend the lead at the top

Morning. Arsenal can go 7 points clear at the top of the Premier League...
3h ago from Arseblog.com

Comments

Hottest News

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.