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Emotional Grosjean ends Lotus career with charging drive

Romain Grosjean ended his career with Lotus with a strong drive to ninth place in Abu Dhabi, having started the last race of 2015 from the back of the grid. The Frenchman qualified 15th after a problem in Q2, but then went to the back to 18th thanks to a gearbox penalty. He used an aggressive three-stop strategy that saw him start on the soft tyres and run two long stints, before a spectacular charge on supersofts at the end which gained him two points. “It was a good race, a tough one,” he said. “But we knew if we had a good strategy we could do something nice. “The last stint was the key one. I really enjoyed driving the car, after a very difficult weekend we did manage to set it...
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