Grosjean ready to bounce back

Lotus team chief Eric Boullier believes fellow Frenchman Romain Grosjean will return stronger at next weekend's Singapore Grand Prix, following his one-race ban for reckless driving.

Grosjean, 26, missed Sunday's Italian Grand Prix at Monza, which he attended as a member of the Lotus team, after being handed a suspension by the stewards for causing a multi-car pile-up on the opening lap of the Belgian Grand Prix.

"He has definitely learned his lessons and I know he is eager to get back in the car in Singapore," Boullier said.

"In a way, it will have done him good. He will have learned a lot because being in your car you have only one radio in your head, but when you are in the garage, you have both cars and you learn a lot more."

Grosjean was the first driver banned from a race since Michael Schumacher, then with Benetton, in 1994. His ban followed a run of incidents.

Agence France-Presse

(China Daily 09/19/2012 page23)