Mercedes have postponed a Components One test with French driver Romain Grosjean on account of journey restrictions and quarantine necessities, the seven-time world champions stated on Wednesday.
“We’re dedicated to giving Romain his probability in a Mercedes F1 automotive and we’re working to reschedule the take a look at later this summer season,” Mercedes stated in a statement.
– Grosjean describes 28-second escape from burning wreckage
The Frenchman’s drive, in Lewis Hamilton’s 2019 title-winning automotive, had been scheduled for France’s Le Castellet circuit on June 29 — seven months on from his escape from a fiery crash in Bahrain, which turned out to be his final race in F1.
Mercedes crew principal Toto Wolff had made the provide of a take a look at as Grosjean, who now races within the U.S.-based Indycar sequence, lay in hospital with burns to his palms.
Grosjean’s Haas automotive cut up in half and erupted in a fireball after penetrating a steel barrier on the opening lap at Sakhir, with the Frenchman managing miraculously to extricate himself and leap clear.