Why Grosjean is F1's unsolvable problem
Romain Grosjean has not had a smooth start to 2018 and came in for criticism for his actions in triggering a crash in Spain. On his day he's almost unstoppable, so why does this F1 enigma have such contrasting performance peaks and troughs?
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What was he thinking? That's the question most asked after Romain Grosjean wiped out Nico Hulkenberg and Pierre Gasly - not to mention his own Haas - on the first lap of the Spanish Grand Prix.
It wasn't so much that he lost it in the first place; it happens. But Grosjean's reaction, keeping the rears lit and harpooning across the track in a cloud of tyre smoke rather than getting on the brakes, was baffling. That crash, within the wider context of Grosjean's 2018 season so far, reveals a lot about the most infuriating driver on the Formula 1 grid.
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