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Grosjean nearly quit racing for cooking!

Romain Grosjean has admitted that he nearly gave up racing for cooking!  In 2009 Grosjean was told that he would no longer be racing for Renault. The Frenchman decided to head to Paris and sign up to a cooking school. However, he was turned away because at the age of 24 he was deemed too old!  “I was expecting to get a seat with the team going into the 2010 season,” says Grosjean. “I felt I had raced well. I felt I was on the right trajectory. But - and you might know this - the politics in F1 are quite… prevalent, let’s say." said Grosjean to formula1.com.  “I tried to keep to myself as a rookie - to lay low. But then...
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