Grosjean: Understanding the tyres will be crucial

Romain Grosjean says that understanding the tyres brought to the Canadian Grand Prix will be the number one priority for Haas. The Frenchman has struggled as of late however he did finish in the points at the race in 2017 so will be hoping for more of the same.

Grosjean finished fifteenth last time out in Monaco after a miserable weekend but he is hopeful that Haas has identified where their preparation needs to improve.

“I think it worked as expected in qualifying, even though I don’t think we got the best of them,” said Grosjean.

“We’ve got to get a bit more understanding of them before heading to Canada.

“In the race, I’ve got to be honest, the three different compounds just didn’t work for us. We were just cruising around, not driving, not pushing as hard as we wanted.

“Tyre compounds are going to be the number one priority for us to understand with the new package. The circuit is very different. It is much more high speed with much more curb riding, so the setups are quite different.”