F1: Grosjean Pleased To Start Fourth

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F1: Grosjean Pleased To Start Fourth

Romain Grosjean just missed out on a podium qualifying run in Valencia...

Adam Cooper | http://www.speedtv.com | Posted June 23, 2012 Valencia (ESP)

Romain Grosjean has been accident-prone this season. (Photo: AFP/Getty Images)

Romain Grosjean says he’s satisfied to be starting fourth in Valencia, despite failing to follow up on his form in Q2, when he was fastest.

Grosjean starts immediately ahead of Lotus teammate Kimi Raikkonen, the black and gold cars having looked good over race runs during the weekend.

“It’s not too bad. It was a good lap; both drivers got the best of the car in qualy,” said Grosjean. “We have got some problems that we never had in the season during the qualy lap, but never mind, we are on the two first rows. It’s very important for us, and it means that we can achieve a podium or better.

“You never know until the race starts, but basically our setup is good for the race; we know that. The car is normally pretty good when it’s hot. But nothing is written before.”

Regarding his chances of winning from fourth, Grosjean said: “I think we can have a podium; it’s our true objective. To win we need to get everything perfect, but why not?”

Adam Cooper notched up his 27th season as a racing journalist in 2011. He has written about F1 for SPEED.com since 2005. Follow him on Twitter.