Haas boss Guenther Steiner says Romain Grosjean lost crucial tyre telemetry at the Japanese Grand Prix after a fire inside the VF-18 burnt some wires. Grosjean started the race from fifth position and maintained his advantage atop the midfield pack, though expectedly lost spots to Daniel Ricciardo and Sebastian Vettel. Grosjean went on to classify in eighth place and Steiner revealed that the Frenchman had been hindered by a lack of data due to the fire. “He had an issue on his car and was saying he could not go straight and had a problem on the rear suspension and they [the mechanics] showed me how much it was moving,” said Steiner. “In the beginning we had no telemetry...
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