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  Hi, this week I'm introducing Romain Grosjean Romain David Jeremie Grosjean (born 17 April 1986) is a Swiss-French professional racing driver, competing under the French flag in the NTT IndyCar Series, driving the No. 28 Honda for Andretti Autosport. Grosjean had previously spent nine full-time seasons in Formula One for a variety of teams, picking up 10 podiums, all with Lotus. Early life Grosjean was born in Geneva, Switzerland. He was born to a Swiss father and a French mother. He is the great-grandson of Edgar Brandt, weapon designer and founder of Brandt. He is also the grandson of skier Fernand Grosjean, silver medalist in giant slalom at the 1950 World Ski Championship in Aspen. Early racing career Grosjean won all ten rounds of the 2003 Formula Lista Junior championship and moved to the French Formula Renault championship for 2004. He was seventh in that first season with one win and was champion in 2005 with ten victories. He also appeared in the Formula Renault Eurocup ...

  Hi, this week I'm introducing Jules Bianchi Jules Lucien André Bianchi (3 August 1989 – 17 July 2015) was a French motor racing driver who drove for the Marussia F1 Team in the FIA Formula One World Championship. Personal life Jules Bianchi was born in Nice, France, to Philippe and Christine Bianchi. He had two siblings, brother Tom and sister Mélanie, and had been the godfather of current Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc. Bianchi was the grandson of Mauro Bianchi, who competed in GT racing during the 1960s and three non-championship Formula One Grands Prix in 1961. He was also the grandnephew of Lucien, who competed in 19 Formula One Grands Prix between 1959 and 1968 and won the 1968 24 Hours of Le Mans, before dying during Le Mans testing the following year. His favourite racing driver was Michael Schumacher. Early career Bianchi's exposure to motorsport started at around 3 years of age through karting and was facilitated by the fact that his father owned a kart track. Since ...

  Hi, this week I'm reviewing the 2023 season. Constructors' Championship 10. Haas F1 Team Haas got 12 points this year. 9. Alfa Romeo Racing Alfa Romeo got 16 points this year. Alfa Romeo is stop sponsoring Sauber. 8. Alpha Tauri Alpha Tauri got 25 points this year. Alpha Tauri is changing their name to Racing Bull. 7. Williams Racing Williams got 28 points this year.  6. Alpine F1 Team Alpine got 120 points and 2 podiums this year. 5. Aston Martin F1 Team Aston Martin got 280 points and 8 podiums this year. 4. McLaren  McLaren got 302 points and 9 podiums this year. 3. Ferrari Ferrari got 406 points, 9 podiums and 1 win this year. Ferrari is the only team to win a race that is not Red Bull Racing 2. Mercedes F1 Team Mercedes got 409 points and 8 podiums this year. 1. Red Bull Racing Red Bull got 860 points, 30 podiums and 21 wins this year. Red Bull are Back to back Constructors' Champions. It was most dominate team this year. Drivers' Championship 22. Nyck De Vrie...

  Hi, this week I'm introducing Robert Kubica Robert Józef Kubica (born 7 December 1984) is a Polish racing and rally driver. He was the first and, as of 2023, the only Polish racing driver to compete in Formula One. Between 2006 and 2009 he drove for the BMW Sauber F1 team, promoted from test driver to race driver during 2006. In June 2008, Kubica took his maiden and only Formula One victory at the Canadian Grand Prix. That season he led the championship at one stage, before finishing fourth overall, his best career position. Kubica drove for Renault in 2010 and was set to remain with the team in 2011. Several years later Kubica confirmed he had signed a pre-contract for the 2012 season with Ferrari, a move that was eventually cancelled by his devastating rally crash in early 2011. Early years Karting Kubica developed his love for all kinds of cars at the young age of four when he spotted a small off-road vehicle, powered by a 4 bhp (3.0 kW) petrol engine. After long talks with hi...