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Video: Grosjean drives Mercedes F1 car at Spa on home sim

Video To news overview © Romain Grosjean Romain Grosjean has had his first taste of a Mercedes F1 car, trying out the W12 at Spa-Francorchamps at home on his iRacing simulator setup. Grosjean spent two hours streaming his driving and racing on Tuesday night, wrapping up his session with 20 minutes at the wheel. "I f**king love it!" he beamed on just his second lap. "I think when I'm done driving, I'm going to call Toto [Wolff, Mercedes team boss]!" During the session, Grosjean clearly had a lot of fun trying to get to grips with the car, including a dramatic crash at the Paul Frere corner, before performing some donuts at the La Source hairpin: "I am American,...
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