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Haas F1 driver Romain Grosjean [http://www.essentiallysports.com/romain-grosjean-haas-analysis/] believes that McLaren will vault up the F1 standings and threaten Red Bull next year. The British manufacturer is one of the sport’s most well-known teams. They are also the second oldest active outfit after Ferrari. McLaren have been going through a rough patch the past 2-3 years with Honda. But now, with Renault onboard, Grosjean forsees a McLaren-Red Bull battle in 2018. McLaren-Red Bull battle [http://www.essentiallysports.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/f1-spanish-gp-2017-romain-grosjean-haas-f1-team-vf-17-fernando-alonso-mclaren-mcl32-300x200.jpg] McLaren have not been anywhere near the top since 2008 when Lewis Hamilton won the title from Felipe Massa. Since then, the nine titles have been split between Mercedes (four), Red Bull (four) and Brawn. However, Grosjean has backed McLaren to bounce back in 2018. The Woking squad finished ninth in the constructors standings in 2017. He believes that they can use their resources to their advantage in their 2018 F1 [https://www.express.co.uk/sport/f1-autosport] campaign. Grosjean said, “Some teams are going to maybe have a less powerful power unit so one goes up one goes down. “I think the best [approach] is to do our own work; we know where to improve, there’s a few areas where we really need to focus on to get better. [We need to be] making sure the updates – when they’re coming – are working and they have been well validated before. [That would mean] we’re not losing three months of time to bring something that actually doesn’t bring what it’s supposed to do, so that’s an area, just an example. McLaren is going to be super strong next year and they have huge resources, probably the biggest factory in Formula 1.”[http://www.essentiallysports.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Grosjean-Haas-300x169.jpg] The Frenchman said that Renault had a decent engine. He admitted that they have their reliability issues, but their power is unquestionable. Grosjean continued saying that Renault have been on a high this season. Their development rate has been impressive and they are already ahead of Haas. Haas’ focus is on Force India, Williams and Toro Rosso with their new power unit.The 2018 F1 season kicks off with the Australian Grand Prix next March. Will Grosjean’s prediction of a McLaren-Red Bull battle in 2018 come true? We will have to wait until March to find out. 

For the 2018 season, Haas F1 driver Romain Grosjean believes that there will be
a McLaren-Red Bull battle on the cards, signifying McLaren's resurgence

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Grosjean Predicts McLaren-Red Bull Battle

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