Mercedes forced to postpone Grosjean’s F1 farewell test at Paul Ricard

Mercedes has announced it has been forced to postpone Romain Grosjean’s farewell Formula 1 test with the team due to “travel restrictions and quarantine requirements”.
Mercedes forced to postpone Grosjean’s F1 farewell test at Paul Ricard

Initially, Grosjean was set to drive Lewis Hamilton’s 2019 title-winning Mercedes W10 in a private test day at 𝓀Pa🐎ul Ricard on June 29 as well as completing a series of demonstration laps at the French Grand Prix on June 27.

With the French GP being rescheduled for this weekend as a result of the Turkish GP being cancelled due to the worsening COVID-19 situation in the country, Grosjean was no longer able to𝓀 drive the W10 during his home grand prix weekend due to a clash with his IndyCar commitments.

Grosjean was unable to compete in the final twꦏo races of his F1 career after injuries sustained in his drama⭕tic crash at the 2020 Bahrain Grand Prix.

The Frenchman expressed his desire to have one last opportunity to drive an F1 car with Mer🎃cedes boss Toto Wolff saying that h🦹e would arrange the test for Grosjean, ultimately delivering on his promise.

The former Lotus and Haas driver completed a seat fit at Mercedes’ base in 𒀰Brackley back in April.

His private test d🙈ay was set to go ahead but Mercedes has now confirmed it has been postponed, but it will look to reschedule it later in the year.

Mercedes announced on its Twitter: “We’re disappointed to announce thﷺat Romain Grosjean’s Mercedes test has been postponed because of𒁃 travel restrictions and quarantine requirements.

“We're committed෴ to giving Romain his chance in a Mercedes F1 car and we're working to reschedule the test later this summer.”

 

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