Romain Grosjean has revealed his tears at receiving a guard of
honour at Mugello after completing his TPC F1 comeback with Haas.
For the first time since his fiery accident at the 2020 Bahrain GP,
Grosjean has been driving F1 machinery, sampling the 2023 Haas
during testing at the Italian circuit, with the team on Pirelli
tyre testing duties as well as the TPC running. The Frenchman was
behind the wheel on a rainy Friday as he revealed he was tearful at
receiving the guard from the other teams present, as well as Haas,
including Ayao Komatsu, current team principal, and who worked with
Grosjean from his days at Lotus before both joined Haas. "Five
years after Bahrain, here we are at Mugello, and thanks to Haas, it
was a special day," said Grosjean. "Gene Haas and Ayao Komatsu
made this happen, but as we say, it was a wedding, a rainy wedding,
but a really happy wedding. "I felt a bit rusty at first, and then
everything came back, and I even got to do a standing start, and
guess what? My last standing start was Bahrain 2020, so this time
it turned out way better. "I'm very grateful to have this unique
opportunity, seeing some of the people from Australia 2016 and
getting to drive the new generation of cars, so it was fantastic.
"There are just no other words, it made me cry, but I kept the
visor down, but for my last in-lap, everyone from Ferrari, Red
Bull, Pirelli and Haas were clapping and giving me an ovation. "It
is something I was expecting at Abu Dhabi 2020, but I think it was
even better today." 1971594628379160949 A very special guard of
honor to end Romain’s day ❤️ Thank you @ScuderiaFerrari ,
@pirellisport & @redbullracing . This is F1 at its finest 👌😍
#HaasF1 #F1 pic.twitter.com/jUZi2hYPFN — MoneyGram Haas F1 Team
(@HaasF1Team) September 26, 2025
honour at Mugello after completing his TPC F1 comeback with Haas.
For the first time since his fiery accident at the 2020 Bahrain GP,
Grosjean has been driving F1 machinery, sampling the 2023 Haas
during testing at the Italian circuit, with the team on Pirelli
tyre testing duties as well as the TPC running. The Frenchman was
behind the wheel on a rainy Friday as he revealed he was tearful at
receiving the guard from the other teams present, as well as Haas,
including Ayao Komatsu, current team principal, and who worked with
Grosjean from his days at Lotus before both joined Haas. "Five
years after Bahrain, here we are at Mugello, and thanks to Haas, it
was a special day," said Grosjean. "Gene Haas and Ayao Komatsu
made this happen, but as we say, it was a wedding, a rainy wedding,
but a really happy wedding. "I felt a bit rusty at first, and then
everything came back, and I even got to do a standing start, and
guess what? My last standing start was Bahrain 2020, so this time
it turned out way better. "I'm very grateful to have this unique
opportunity, seeing some of the people from Australia 2016 and
getting to drive the new generation of cars, so it was fantastic.
"There are just no other words, it made me cry, but I kept the
visor down, but for my last in-lap, everyone from Ferrari, Red
Bull, Pirelli and Haas were clapping and giving me an ovation. "It
is something I was expecting at Abu Dhabi 2020, but I think it was
even better today." 1971594628379160949 A very special guard of
honor to end Romain’s day ❤️ Thank you @ScuderiaFerrari ,
@pirellisport & @redbullracing . This is F1 at its finest 👌😍
#HaasF1 #F1 pic.twitter.com/jUZi2hYPFN — MoneyGram Haas F1 Team
(@HaasF1Team) September 26, 2025
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