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'I wasn't ready for F1 at 23', says Grosjean
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Reflecting on his accession to Formula 1 with Renault back in 2009, Romain Grosjean believes in hindsight that he simply wasn't ready for the 'big time'. Grosjean had been racing successfully in GP2 when Renault called upon the French hopeful to race alongside Fernando Alonso at the European Grand Prix at Valencia following the eviction from the team of Nelsinho Piquet. "I was told: 'You have seven Grands Prix to cut your teeth and in 2010, you'll be in the car,' " Grosjean explained on a French TV show on Saturday evening. "It was too early for me, clearly. I was 23. Nowadays, there are 17-year-olds who are ready for Formula 1 - I wasn't ready at...
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