Grosjean jumps gun on Lotus announcement

Editor 12 Nov 2014 12:54 PM

Lotus appear to be close to announcing Romain Grosjean for the 2015 season after the Frenchman tweeted he is staying before deleting it.

The Enstone-based squad have made no secret of the fact that they want to retain Grosjean, who admitted at Interlagos over the weekend that both parties are close to concluding a deal.

The 28-year-old took to Twitter on Wednesday to announce he is “Proud to announce I’ll be racing with@Lotus_F1Team in #2015” but it was deleted quickly afterwards.

Grosjean’s quickly deleted tweet. Think someone shouted not to announce it yet as he pressed tweet. #F1 pic.twitter.com/iHT6BD1mEG

– David Tyrrell F1 (@DavidTyrrellF1) November 12, 2014

Lotus have already confirmed Pastor Maldonado for the 2015 campaign.