Grosjean believes he couldn't of avoided Spanish GP crash

Romain Grosjean believes he could not have avoided being hit by other drivers when he crashed on the first lap of the Spanish Grand Prix.

The Haas driver, who was hit by Nico Hulkenberg and Pierre Gasly during his crash on the first lap, said accelerating instead of braking in response to the spin was a normal reaction and claimed braking wouldn’t have stopped him sliding in front of other cars.

“I lost the rear end of the car and I tried to put it back as long as I could, it just didn’t work,” he said.

“If I had braked, the car would have slid the same way. So I tried to stay on throttle spin it and at least not face a lot of people. It didn’t work.

“I don’t think there was anything different than that to do. I guess it’s quite a normal human reflex if you look at Nico Rosberg in Malaysia in 2016 with Sebastian Vettel, Michael Schumacher in Abu Dhabi in 2010.

“Honestly if I had braked I think I would’ve stayed in the middle and it would have been the same thing. Unfortunately once the car started to go forward again going onto the track it was very difficult.”

Grosjean remains under investigation by the stewards.