Romain Grosjean: “I Want To Score A Lot Of Points For The Team”

Romain Grosjean is aiming to score more points for Lotus in the forthcoming 2013 season, as the Frenchman prepares for what will be his second full season in the sport. After a topsy-turvy 2012 season for the 26-year-old, which featured a combination of incidences and podiums, Grosjean is after a much more consistent year in 2013.

After securing both the GP2 Asia and GP2 Series Championships in 2011, Romain Grosjean returned to Formula 1 to compete in his first full season last year, after a slightly unsuccessful debut with the same outfit back in 2009. The Frenchman instantly showed his return to the feeder categories had paid dividends during the opening race of the weekend when he qualified an excellent 3rd behind the McLaren duo of Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button.

However, the bouts of competitiveness witnessed at Melbourne were tarnished throughout the majority of the 2012 season by a collection of opening lap incidents between Romain Grosjean and other drivers, which unfortunately resulted in the Frenchman receiving notoriety by the majority of the grid. Despite Grosjean’s unfortunate tendency to find carnage during the opening laps of a Grand Prix in 2012, the Frenchman is adamant that 2013 will be a different and much more prosperous affair.

“I can clearly say I want to score a lot of points for the team – everybody knows that – but I think it would be wrong for me to say I want to finish in a particular position in the Championship.” Explained Romain Grosjean, “I really want to jump out of the car as many times as possible thinking that I did a good job. Knowing that everything I could do, I did, and feeling proud of my race or session. I hope to feel that way as many times as possible this year. I think everyone is waiting to see if I’m able to be consistent, which is where I was lacking a little bit last year. I know it and I’ll do everything I can to prove to people that I’m able to achieve this goal.”

Romain Grosjean is no stranger when it comes to taking victories in motor sport, with the Frenchman having done so six times in both GP2 Asia and GP2 during his dominance in 2011. Kimi Raikkonen showed that Lotus are equally capable of securing victories in Formula 1 last season, and Romain Grosjean will be striving to show his worthiness at the Enstone-based outfit in 2013 as Lotus aims for the top.

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