F1.com’s driver of the day for Australia and Bahrain suffered a 19th place finish in the Chinese Grand Prix.
“It was a horrific race. The start was terrible when Ericsson turned into me and got my front wing,” Grosjean explained.
“From there we had the safety car and I thought, ‘OK, we still have a chance to do something.’ But the balance in the car was nowhere near good.”
Romain revealed to ESPN that the team discovered a suspension setup issue after qualifying and it couldn’t be adjusted.
“There is one thing that we know wasn’t set-up properly. We discovered after qualifying so we couldn’t change it,” he said.
“I don’t know what happened. Somehow, it’s positive that we had such a difficult race, because we can analyze what we did wrong, what we did right and what we could have done differently.
“From there, we can come back stronger. It’s a difficult one after the two first races. Not the birthday I was hoping for.”
The result means Romain remains on 18 points but moves down to eighth place in the Drivers’ Championship.
