GPI 2016 Bahrain Grand Prix Edition | Page 82

TALKING POINT THE AMERICAN DREAM With Haas very close to Ferrari, the decision by Grosjean now appears to be an inspired one as for sure Grosjean will be on the Maranello radar with his performances. “I said in winter testing we could score points early in the season. I was thinking that we would be fighting between 10th and 14th. Scoring so many points at the beginning, I don’t think anyone was expecting that,” admitted Grosjean The competitiveness of the all new Haas car out-of-the-box, in its debut season, has been a revelation. “It was fun to be able to overtake Williams, Toro Rosso, Red Bull and have some good battles. It’s an amazing performance for all of us. Sixth in Australia was a bit of luck but fifth now with a normal race, this is quite crazy. It’s a dream debut, I almost have to wake up to realise what it is,” enthused Grosjean. Clearly inspired by the run of form early on in their existence, team principal Guenther Steiner said, “I don’t think we can go for fifth every time, that’s a little bit high, but I think we will try for points every time.”