SUZUKA, Japan (AP) β French driver Romain Grosjean is the leading candidate to be join the new U.S.-owned Haas Formula One team.
Haas has scheduled a news conference for a driver announcement next Tuesday at its Kannapolis, North Carolina, headquarters.
Grosjean currently drives for Lotus which has severe financial problems and is currently in takeover talks. The team’s freight arrived late for this weekend’s Japanese Grand Prix and its hospitality unit was not in operation on Friday at the Suzuka circuit.
Haas founder and chairman Gene Haas is co-owner of the successful Stewart-Haas NASCAR team. The team is said to favor an experienced driver.
The 29-year-old Grosjean, who made his F1 debut in 2009, has said he has made his mind up his future, without publicly declaring the team.
