Grosjean won all ten rounds of the 2003 Formula Lista Junior championship, then moved to the French Formula Renault championship for 2004, finishing seventh with one win. He was champion in 2005 with ten victories from sixteen races and also appeared twice on the podium in the Formula Renault Eurocup at Valencia.
Grosjean made his Formula Three debut at the 2005 Macau Grand Prix, standing in for Loïc Duval at Signature-Plus, and did a full season in the 2006 Formula 3 Euro Series, managing only one podium and finishing thirteenth. In 2007, he joined the ASM team — for which Jamie Green, Lewis Hamilton, and Paul di Resta had won the previous three titles — and won the championship, moving ahead of Sébastien Buemi with a victory at Mugello in the ninth race.
Grosjean drove for ART in the inaugural GP2 Asia Series, winning both races of the first round and taking the championship with four victories and sixty-one points. He remained with ART Grand Prix for the 2008 GP2 Series, finishing fourth and earning the distinction of highest-placed rookie in the championship.
After losing his ART seat for 2009 to Nico Hülkenberg and Pastor Maldonado, Renault placed Grosjean at Campos Grand Prix (later Barwa Addax), where he finished fourth despite missing the last four rounds. After leaving Formula One following the 2009 season, Grosjean returned to GP2 and other series. In 2010 he raced for DAMS in the Auto GP Series, winning the title at Monza sixteen points ahead of runner-up Edoardo Piscopo. He also drove a Ford GT1 in the inaugural FIA GT1 World Championship for the Matech Competition team alongside Thomas Mutsch, winning the opening race in Abu Dhabi and a second race at Brno. He made his 24 Hours of Le Mans debut in 2010, sharing a Ford GT1 with Mutsch and Jonathan Hirschi; after qualifying third in class, they retired after 171 laps.
Grosjean returned to GP2 full-time with DAMS for the 2011 seasons. He won the GP2 Asia Series by six points from Jules Bianchi and claimed the main GP2 title at the penultimate round at Spa-Francorchamps, delivering six consecutive podiums at one point mid-season.
Grosjean was Renault's test driver for 2008 and took over Nelson Piquet Jr.'s race seat at the 2009 European Grand Prix following the Crashgate controversy. He struggled across seven races — hampered by brake problems, first-lap collisions, and an unfamiliar Suzuka circuit — and his best result was thirteenth place in Brazil. He described himself as having "learnt an enormous amount this year, especially being a teammate to Fernando Alonso." Vitaly Petrov took the 2010 seat alongside Robert Kubica, leaving Grosjean without a drive.
On 9 December 2011, Grosjean was announced as the second driver at the newly renamed Lotus F1 Team alongside 2007 World Champion Kimi Räikkönen.
In 2012, Grosjean took his maiden Formula One podium at the Bahrain Grand Prix — the first podium for a French driver since Jean Alesi at the 1998 Belgian Grand Prix. He added a second-place finish in Canada and a third place in Hungary. At the Belgian Grand Prix at Spa, Grosjean caused a multi-car pile-up on the approach to the La Source corner, eliminating Lewis Hamilton, Fernando Alonso, and Sergio Pérez. He received a one-race ban — the first driver banned since Michael Schumacher in 1994 — and a fine of €50,000. He was replaced for the Italian Grand Prix by reserve driver Jérôme d'Ambrosio. On 14–16 December, Grosjean won the Race of Champions at the Rajamangala Stadium in Bangkok, beating Tom Kristensen in the Grand Final.
In 2013, Grosjean achieved six podium finishes and a career-best seventh place in the World Drivers' Championship. Highlights included third at the Korean Grand Prix and third at Suzuka, where he led nearly half the race. At the United States Grand Prix, Grosjean finished second, holding off Mark Webber despite numerous overtaking attempts.
Partnered by Pastor Maldonado from 2014, Grosjean's 2014 was limited to just eight points across the season. In 2015, a better Lotus — now Mercedes-powered — allowed Grosjean to achieve his final podium at the Belgian Grand Prix, reaching the podium after Sebastian Vettel's right rear tyre exploded on the penultimate lap. Grosjean said he cried on the last lap.
Grosjean joined the new Haas F1 Team for 2016, ending his ten-year association with Team Enstone. In the team's debut race in Australia, Grosjean finished sixth — Haas's first points, making them the first team since Toyota Racing to score on debut — and was voted Formula One's inaugural Driver of the Day. He repeated the award at the next race in Bahrain with a fifth-place finish.
In 2017, Grosjean partnered Kevin Magnussen and scored 28 points from eight occasions. He was elected a director of the GPDA in May 2017, replacing the retired Jenson Button. His 2018 season included a disqualification at Monza and a crash behind the safety car in Azerbaijan; his best result was fourth at the Austrian Grand Prix. In 2019, a poor Haas VF-19 frequently qualified well but fell back in races; Grosjean ended the season eighteenth with eight points. In 2020, he scored ninth in Germany for his only points of the season.
In his final Formula One race — the 2020 Bahrain Grand Prix — Grosjean's VF-20 made contact with the AlphaTauri of Daniil Kvyat on the first lap and hit the barrier at 67 g, splitting the car in half and igniting a significant fire. After 28 seconds Grosjean exited the car unaided, sustained second-degree burns to his hands and ankles, and was airlifted to hospital. The halo device, introduced to Formula One in 2018, was credited with saving his life. Grosjean missed the final two races and was replaced by Pietro Fittipaldi.
Grosjean joined the IndyCar Series in 2021 on a deal between Dale Coyne Racing and Rick Ware Racing. Pietro Fittipaldi substituted for Grosjean at the three superspeedway events — including the Indianapolis 500 and the Texas Motor Speedway double-header — while Grosjean competed on street and road courses. He quickly adapted and recorded three podiums: two second-place finishes on the IMS Road Course and a third at Laguna Seca. At the first Indianapolis round, he earned his first IndyCar pole position and his first pole since GP2 at Istanbul Park in 2011, then finished second behind winner Rinus VeeKay.
For 2022, Grosjean drove Andretti Autosport's No. 28 DHL Honda, replacing the departing Ryan Hunter-Reay. He picked up a podium at Long Beach, nearly winning before an accident caused by Takuma Sato finished the race under caution. In 2023, Grosjean won the pole at the season opener with Andretti; a late-race collision with Scott McLaughlin denied him the victory. He took consecutive second-place finishes at Long Beach and Barber but suffered numerous DNFs through the rest of the season, and was not retained by Andretti for 2024.
Grosjean raced for Juncos Hollinger Racing in 2024 in Chevrolet-powered equipment, finishing fourth at the Firestone Grand Prix of Monterey at Laguna Seca. He was not kept for 2025. On 10 January 2025, he was confirmed as a reserve driver for the new Prema Racing IndyCar team. On 13 February 2026, Grosjean signed with Dale Coyne Racing for a second stint in 2026.
In addition to his single-seater career, Grosjean entered the 2026 Rolex 24 at Daytona for Myers Riley Motorsports in a Ford Mustang GT3, alongside Felipe Fraga, Jenson Altzman, and Sheena Monk. The car retired on lap 116 after contact with a Mercedes-AMG GT3 from 75 Express Motorsports damaged its steering before Grosjean had a chance to drive.
Grosjean married French journalist and television presenter Marion Jollès on 27 June 2012 in Chamonix. They have been together since 2008 and have three children. After signing with Andretti, he relocated his family to Miami, chosen for its French-language schools and direct flights to Paris. Grosjean is a qualified pilot and frequently uploads flying videos to his YouTube channel, launched in November 2017. He also founded R8G eSports, a sim racing team, and in 2024 became a partner in Field Pass Inc., a brand management and media company.
This article is based solely on the supplied corpus. No external sources were consulted; claims that could not be substantiated against the corpus were omitted under the drop-the-claim rule.
Gallery · 4 related images
