Romain Grosjean has had a very solid weekend so far, and the Frenchman has earnt himself a terrific starting position for tomorrow’s race at the Japanese Grand Prix.
Grosjean will be starting in P5, behind only both Mercedes drivers, Max Verstappen and Kimi Raikkonen as he looks to get back on to the points trail after three races without scoring.
Haas are also looking to score plenty of points so they can snatch P4 in the Constructors’ Championship away from Renault, who currently have an 11 point lead in the standings.
"I think we have had a great weekend,” Grosjean said.
“The Force India looked really strong yesterday and this morning but we made some setup changes over lunch and went into qualifying and from the first lap I knew the car was fast.
“Then in Q2 we decided to go with the soft which was a brave move, but we went through.”
This is the tenth time in a row that Grosjean has made the final part of qualifying, an incredible run for a midfield team and a supposed out of form driver.
He will just be hoping that he can translate that qualifying form over to the race tomorrow morning.
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