Romain Grosjean admits he had amazing fun' in putting on a late charge to finish sixth at the German Grand Prix after an eventful race for the Haas team right through to the chequered flag.
The Frenchman started in sixth place behind team-mate Kevin Magnussen but was unable to keep up with the Danish driver's pace early on and fell into the clutches of Sergio Perez who he felt pushed him off the circuit.
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Once the rain came Grosjean and Magnussen fell back down the field as they both tried the intermediate tyre, however, once the showers passed by, both drivers put on a charge to come back through the pack on the Ultrasoft tyres.
"That was good fun. It was a good end to the race," said Grosjean. "Obviously, we didn’t quite get the right choice putting inters on, as the track dried really quickly for some reason.
"It was a bit of luck, a gamble, but we came back on slicks, and I had amazing fun through those last laps.
"I was just pushing it to the limit and going for it. I think we would’ve been quite happy to be where we were before the rain came, and then, obviously, it rained. The boys deserved a really good drive from me, and I had fun doing it."
Magnussen was unable to push through the pack as quickly as his team-mate and was left feeling disappointed after not being able to get a solid result after running towards the front in the early part of the race.
“Obviously, it wasn’t ideal to end up outside of the points after being P6 for the whole race, added Magnussen.
"We didn’t quite get the best out of the weather situation. We’ll just have to learn from that and do better next time."
Haas move level with Force India in the Constructors' Championship on 59 points but sit in sixth by virtue of Sergio Perez' podium in Azerbaijan.
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