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Someone Let The Smoke Out Of Romain Grosjean's Lotus
Someone Let The Smoke Out Of Romain Grosjean's Lotus-February 2024
2024-02-19 EST 22:11:48

Fernando Alonso isn't the only one in a cloud of smoke this weekend. Romain Grosjean's Lotus lived up to its British roots, letting its smoke out of the wiring harness in catastrophic fashion.

Unfortunately, Grosjean's British-car-itis struck during the race instead of in qualifying, forcing him to pull over at the very end of the race and making him the second retirement of the race after .

Poor Daniel Ricciardo. His Infiniti Red Bull Racing car retired with 30 laps to go in the Brazilian

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