Calls for Romain Grosjean to face another driving ban

Mark Webber has led calls for Romain Grosjean to face another driving ban after he was taken out by the Frenchman at the start of the Japanese Grand Prix, the seventh such incident Grosjean has been involved in this season.
Grosjean received a one-race ban after causing a pile-up in Spa, but today’s incident shows that either he has not learned or he has some in-built problem when it comes to the instinctive phase of the racing driver’s art – the chaotic race starts.
Because race starts are an instinctive moment, many ex-drivers in the paddock argue that this is not something that can be trained into him.
Webber called Grosjean a “first lap nutcase” and added, “The rest of us are trying to fight for decent results. Maybe he needs another holiday. He needs to have a look at himself, how many times can you make the same error. It’s embarrassing at this level.”
Grosjean said, “After the ban I am very careful at the start. I kept my line trying to avoid any contact with Perez, who was on my left. I was focussing on that and I didn’t see the delta speed with Mark.
“Trying to avoid any contact was my main objective, but it didn’t work, it’s a stupid crash.”
FIA stewards at Suzuka handed him a ten second stop-go penalty during the race, but the GPDA will clearly want to look at this and discuss it together with FIA Race Director Charlie Whiting.

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Grosjean "1st lap nutcase"

Mark Webber has called Roman Grosjean the "1st lap nutcase"

Vettel wins as Alonso retires at Suzuka

Sebastian Vettel has taken one of the most crucial victories of his Formula 1 career, winning the Japanese Grand Prix as championship leader Fernando Alonso retired at the first corner. Felipe Massa finished second for Ferrari as Kamui Kobayashi picked up a very popular maiden podium finish at his home event.

Japanese GP 2012 Suzuka

Pos.	Driver	Team	Time
1.	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull	1:28:56.242
2.	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	+20.639
3.	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	+24.538
4.	Jenson Button	McLaren	+25.098
5.	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	+46.490
6.	Kimi Räikkönen	Lotus	+50.424
7.	Nico Hülkenberg	Force India	+51.159
8.	Pastor Maldonado	Williams	+52.364
9.	Mark Webber	Red Bull	+54.675
10.	Daniel Ricciardo	Toro Rosso	+1:06.919
11.	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	+1:07.769
12.	Paul di Resta	Force India	+1:23.460
13.	Jean-Eric Vergne	Toro Rosso	+1:28.645
14.	Bruno Senna	Williams	+1:28.709
15.	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham	+1 Lap
16.	Timo Glock	Marussia	+1 Lap
17.	Vitaly Petrov	Caterham	+1 Lap
18.	Pedro de la Rosa	HRT	+1 Lap
Did not finish
19.	Romain Grosjean	Lotus	+2 Laps
20.	Charles Pic	Marussia	+16 Laps
21.	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT	+21 Laps
22.	Sergio Perez	Sauber	+35 Laps
23.	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	+53 Laps
24.	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	+53 Laps