Juncos Hollinger Racing (JHR) hopes Romain Grosjean sees that they’ve factor going, and stays past the 2024 IndyCar Sequence season. Nevertheless it’s removed from assured proper now.
“He’s a type of folks from whom one learns quite a bit,” workforce co-owner Ricardo Juncos informed Motorsport.com. “However nicely, proper now we do not know if we can proceed with him or not.”
“He already has affords from different locations. There are a lot of drivers round, and there are some choices — that aren’t many but — with free seats for subsequent yr.”
Grosjean joined JHR throughout the offseason, and thru 13 races to this point has managed to seize 5 top-10s — probably the most for JHR since changing into a full-time workforce in IndyCar in 2022. Plus the Swiss-born Frenchman notched the workforce’s highest outcome this yr, with a fourth-place end at Laguna Seca in June.
Amid the drama surrounding JHR’s second seat (which led to a latest swap from Agustin Canapino to Conor Daly for the remainder of the season), Juncos has been grateful for the steadiness and professionalism Grosjean supplies.
Romain Grosjean, Juncos Hollinger Racing Chevrolet pit cease
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“Grosjean is a driver who brings quite a bit, a number of expertise,” Juncos mentioned. “This yr has actually been excellent to work with him. The reality is that he units the bar excessive. He’s easy, with a number of persona. He places it in black and white, as I like. He’s very affectionate with folks, particularly with the mechanics. It’s as if the workforce isn’t divided.
“Past the truth that the outcomes don’t come generally, communication is essential and it is extremely vital that the entire group understands what occurred: if it was a tire drawback, if it was an engine drawback, if it was a method drawback, if it was the motive force who made a mistake, if it was the automotive that didn’t work, or if the set-up was not proper.”
Continuity is one thing Juncos would love to hold into 2025 — particularly when it comes with Grosjean’s deep expertise, which incorporates 179 Components 1 begins earlier than he joined IndyCar in 2021.
“Sure, I believe he’s very pleased with the workforce basically, with the whole lot he says,” mentioned Juncos.
“I hope that we will one way or the other proceed as a result of I all the time consider that long-term applications are those that can carry out greatest, so long as one can proceed.”