Romain Grosjean has been handed a second shot at Formula One, which the Frenchman must be hoping will pan out better than the last.
Swiss Formula Renault 1.6, French Formula Renault, the Formula Renault, Formula Three and GP2 were Grosjean's route into Formula One, the premier racing series.
Confirmed as Renault's test driver for the 2008, replacing Nelson Piquet Jr, who had stepped up into the role of race driver, Grosjean then replaced the Brazilian as race driver at the 2009 European Grand Prix after team boss Flavio Briatore sacked the beleaguered Piquet Jr.
His seven races were anything but successful as Grosjean recorded a best result of P13, which he achieved at the Brazilian GP.
His lack of points signalled the end of his brief stint in F1 with the Frenchman spending 2010 trying his hand at the inaugural FIA GT1 World Championship and Auto GP before returning to GP2 with the DAMS team.
With a full-time GP2 ride in 2011 with DAMS, Grosjean proved to be a class above the rest as he claimed the Asia Series title before going on to win the crown in the main series.
His performances, coupled with the fact that he is managed by Briatore's replacement at Lotus Renault, Eric Boullier, resulted in a test driver role for the 2011 season.
This eventually resulted in an announcement on 9th December that the Frenchman would be back in F1 in 2012 as a full-time Lotus F1 team racer where he will partner Kimi Raikkonen.
