F1 driver Romain Grosjean has "denied that his increasingly outspoken tone on the radio is revealing a loss of patience with the Haas Formula 1 team," according to GMM. The Frenchman has been "struggling with car problems at recent races toward the tail end of Haas' first season on the grid." After coming out of the gates quickly in '16 -- top-10s in three of the first four races of the season -- Grosjean has been "little more than a backmarker of late." In his last seven races, Grosjean has "failed to score points and has an average finish of 16th." He has "not been shy to voice his discontent over the radio." When asked about a few "heated radio transmissions of late," Grosjean said, "I know that my messages occasionally seem a little aggressive, but they just reflect my passion. It's nothing personal. I'm not a Finn, I'm more emotional -- but I'm actually a nice guy, as I think people know. But you also know that I push myself to the limit. I cannot just tell the team that the car is bad. I want to get them to act, and to do this you need to put into words the feeling that is sometimes not so easy. People who don't know me think that my attitude is wrong, but my team knows me better." The 30-year-old is "almost certainly" staying with the new, Ferrari-linked American team for '17 (GMM, 10/7).
