Straight-line testing for Romain Grosjean

[John S]

Looks like Piquet might need to book his flight home.

Romain Grosjean appears to have moved another step closer to securing his Grand Prix debut.

Amid reports of a terminal falling-out between Flavio Briatore and Nelson Piquet, the French-Swiss reserve driver Grosjean was this week asked by Renault to conduct driving duties at a straight-line test.

The session took place on the runaway of the Duxford Imperial War Museum in Cambridgeshire.

Grosjean is second in the GP2 championship behind Williams F1 reserve Nico Hulkenberg.

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[david1275]

If he is second in the GP2 series I would have thought he would have been better waiting until 2010 to enter F1, he has a good chance of winning the title there. Or is the pull of F1 worth throwing that chance away?

[Alianora La Canta]

If the Renault contract covers 2010 as well as 2009, it would be worth quitting GP2 mid-season to go there. It's not like Romain would get a better seat if he waited the extra half-year...