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Grosjean no longer Suzuka's 'first lap nutcase'
No longer the 'first lap nutcase' of 2012, Romain Grosjean was dreaming of his first Formula One victory at the Japanese Grand Prix on Sunday before Red Bull provided an unwelcome wake-up call. The Frenchman made a storming start for Lotus from fourth on the grid to seize the lead and stay in front for half the race before Red Bull's strategy put 2012 world champion and series leader Sebastian Vettel in the driving seat. Even then a second place might have been Grosjean's consolation, had he not been held up by backmarkers and then overtaken on the penultimate lap by Red Bull's Australian Mark Webber on fresher tyres. "I thought it was the day that the first victory was coming,"...
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