Grosjean: 'No holding back' in final Lotus outing

Romain Grosjean intends to bow out at Lotus F1 Team fighting to the last, determined to wring every last scrap of success he can out of his time at Enstone before he moves to Haas F1 in 2016.

"I’ll be fighting all the way," he said. "There’s no point holding back in the race or over the weekend.

"It’s the last time the E23s will be used in race action so I’ll be looking to give my car a good send off. The engine will be turned up to eleven.

"I’ll be racing my heart out and I know all the guys and girls at Enstone want to see a great end to the season," he added. "We're all focused on a strong weekend to end the season.

"It will be quite poignant to be having my last meetings, meals, track walk and other things with the team," he admitted of the prospect of leaving the team after an association going all the way back to his Formula One début in the 2009 European Grand Prix at Valencia when the team still carried the Renault name - as it may do again very soon.

"I’ve shared so many good and also so many character-building times through my years at Enstone so we’ll have some good laughs," he said. "But the priority over the race weekend is to score as many points as possible"

Grosjean finished outside the points at Abu Dhabi last year, and he would like to set that to rights before moving on.

"Certainly I’ll be looking to qualify well and work my way forwards in Abu Dhabi," he said. "Part of the reason I was able to make a great start and work through the order in the Brazilian Grand Prix was because of my mistakes in qualifying the day before."

"[Abu Dhabi] is a very special Grand Prix given that it starts in the day and finishes under lights, which makes it incredible for the fans as they can see through our visors and watch how hard we are concentrating."

The adjusted time table in Abu Dhabi certainly seems to suit Grosjean: "I can get up a bit later on race day!" he laughed.

And after Abu Dhabi there will be a chance to spend time with his family before he heads to the US for the next chapter in his career.

"Recent events really bring home how important it is to cherish life, your family and your friends," he said, referring to the attacks in Paris that affected Grosjean deeply over the Brazil Grand Prix weekend.

"The Brazilian weekend was tough as there were a lot of emotions because of all the terrible events in Paris and that affected us all.

"I’m looking forward to spending as much time as possible with my loved ones," he continued. "My family is very young so I’m spending some magical time with them.

"It’s important to get as much mental and physical rest as you can when the season is over - and for me there’s the additional challenge that I’ll be working in a very different environment for 2016."

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