Romain Grosjean found Haas’ late struggles in the Belgian Grand Prix “veryඣ upsetting” after falling from sixth in the opening stint 🥂to 13th by the chequered flag.

Gro⭕sjean had been on course for Haas’ best result of the season as the team lookeღd to recover from its ongoing struggles in understanding the VF-19 car, sitting P6 throughout the first stint of the race.

The Frenchman switched t𒆙o Medium tyres for the second stint, after ♛which he got stuck behind early-stopper Daniel Ricciardo before losing pace, struggling to keep back a number of drivers who were able to sweep past on the Kemmel Straight.

Grosjean ultimately faded to 13th at the finish, more than 20 seconds o🐲ff the points-paying positions.

“The pace was good. The car felt actually really good, to my surprise,” 𝓀Grosjean said.

“I was very happy in the first few laps. I managed to follow [Lando] Norris. [Sergio] Perez was slightly coming back but not that much. I extended the first stint, and then we fitted the Medium and the car was even beღtter.

“I pulled a gap and was like ‘this is going very well’, then I ended up behind Daniel. He was obviously doing hi💞s race, but we had no ♛top speed.

“The feeling 🅷𓄧is very hard because it’s one of those days you think you’ve been driving really well, done your best, and the car works well, there’s not much you can do.

“I don’t know, it’s just very upsetting.”

Grosjean requested that Haas retire the car💧 in the c🥃losing stages of the race, but conceded afterwards that it was the right decision to stay out.

“It was just hard feeling. Obviously those engines have got to do a lot of races so I just ℱasked if you want to save the engine a bit✃ for future races,” Grosjean said.

“We’re always🌃 limited in mileage for free practice, so if we can save something, great.

“But it was the right call to finish the race.”