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Grosjean unfazed by opening lap incidents

Romain Grosjean expects to be competitive again in Canada © Press Association

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Romain Grosjean insists that he is unfazed by opening lap incidents which have forced him out of races this season because he feels it is just a result of racing at the front.

Having qualified strongly on all three occasions Grosjean has retired from the races in Australia, Malaysia and Monaco due to collisions on the first lap. When asked why it was the case, he said that only one of the retirements was caused by his own mistake and he doesn't feel he has been too forceful at the start of grands prix.

"I think in Australia I couldn't do much, Malaysia it was my mistake - I spun on the wet and I admit it - and then Monaco; what do you want to do?" Grosjean said. "That's just the way it is, and if you fight at the front it's sometimes more difficult. I don't have any problem with that, I haven't been over aggressive crashing in to everybody. It is as it is unfortunately, sometimes everything goes perfectly together, sometimes it doesn't. I don't think I've been doing anything silly in the starts."

With Lotus having looked strong at most circuits but yet to win a race Grosjean added that he was confident the E20 would be competitive again in Montreal.

"Hopefully pretty good, but honestly I don't know - it's difficult to say. We haven't gone to any tracks with low downforce so far. I'm confident that the team has been working well, I'm confident that our baseline setup is pretty good and we can improve from there to get the best from everything."

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