 Given that the world's in lockdown mode at the moment I thought how about for this episode we have a chat to a driver And I've been lucky enough to snare Roman Grosjean I'm sitting outside here in Western Australia on a beautiful barmy evening on the other side of the world is Roman Grosjean Good evening Roman It is good morning tell us you're in lockdown mode like we are in Australia. What are you getting up to? I stay home as much as we can so yeah, I stay home obviously I've got three kids two of them They need to have school lesson and during the day So we try to do at least three hours of school and then also a little bit of training Home trainer or cycling indoor and then using a bit of garden and I think bands and stuff like that to keep up Before so you're taking over the teaching duties with the youngsters. I'm taking over the teaching duties with my wife It's not not easy to be fair. We tried to the best we can but obviously we weren't trained to be teachers Let's jump back to the Australian Grand Prix that didn't go ahead. When did you hear that you wouldn't be racing? Well the rumors starting happening on Thursday evening and Actually for some reason Thursday Friday I didn't sleep very well so at 3 a.m. I'm always It's what's happening with Sebastian Vettel and I was like why are you awake and it's like I'm going to the airport Yeah, it's gone. It's gone to the other and it was like it's cancer. It's not happening. I said, I haven't heard anything efficient So I'll stay around but he was like no no my team has told me that I'm free to go. So I'm going so yeah Like three four a.m. I'm Friday morning in Mendon time. That's when I knew things were going to not look great It was pretty interesting in the paddock too There was all sorts of signs that we weren't racing but no one was saying yes or no and obviously there was a lot of behind-the-scenes stuff going on But yeah real sad event and then of course now we're missing the first seven races and really there's no guarantee We'll start in Canada around eight is it? No, it is not We just think the way the situation goes I think the bigger picture is much more important than going racing Even though it feels very strange to be home at the time of the year for me We're in January. I can't take it the fact that we almost in April because no body clock is due that January I'm home. I do the training block than February of the winter testing and then March on was able to race But no we are in April and I'm home. Let's talk about your training. You've got an Aussie trainer Kim Kiedel When did you first employ Kim? It's good question. I mean I met Kim through The team has it went in it was actually initially a physio for the mechanics And then starting getting on very well, and yeah, we've got a good relationship Most of the time is nowhere, but we like it Okay, so a lot of people want to know about drive to survive I think that really did the world a good for you Kevin and in particular Gunter Have you watched the whole first two series? Actually, I finished the season two yesterday Drive to survive. I will not watch season one just because 2008 and wasn't a great year for me And I don't really want to get back those memories, but I wish it's I watched it Netflix is doing a great job Actually, you know what? I think they should have more crews coming to the races and I'm more through all the teams through different races because Obviously, you never know what's gonna happen before the weekend and they they kind of pick up this okay Hust and American teams so we've come with them in America and Austria because they did well last year and then we're gonna go to other races With other teams, but if you had three or four cameras, then I think we would have more entertaining content But for Formula one, for the fans, for road one, it's pretty good. You said you wouldn't watch the 2018 year For Netflix Drive to survive and I was actually in Melbourne When your car broke down after that pit stop and I was right across and this is the photo I took you with your hands holding your helmet and what was going through your head when you stepped out of that car Obviously, we've been racing for a long time. So we know that things can go wrong. I don't know. You were but yeah 2018 Melbourne definitely we were super competitive Running for some fifths. I believe in the race. It's kept and I didn't know he had a problem with the pit stop And I pitted the lap after 2000 was asked to stop the car and you know at that time it like what's going on I can't believe it. To start the season you've got a high expectation and and things Just don't go your way So yeah after 2017 I was tough. Yeah Wasn't the right time. It's never a good time. I was definitely a long time I want to jump to Monaco and this photo here shows you coming around at Swimming pool the exit of swimming pool and us photographers stand behind this knee-high fence and really what are we looking at? We're looking at maybe 60 centimetres from you. Do you see us photographers when you round that corner? I've had some bizarre request just as a photographer I remember somebody said to me could you please smell Lando and tell me what he smells like? You must get bizarre requests given that you have such a huge social media presence and you're a driver It's good that we all share a little bit of joy in all the same situations or wherever you're in the world with all that form So I mean it I think social media has got people helping people to go through those moments But no, we had requests. I mean maybe I didn't read them Maybe I skipped them, but I don't really have any mind Now we had a chat in testing and you were saying that ideally you'd like to be able to have a chat with drivers around the paddock but that's just not possible is it? Well no, it's a bit complicated. There's a lot of fans in the paddock and I know Formula One is very difficult to access So whenever the fans are in the paddock they really want to selfie their own graphs So whenever you join two drivers together having just a casual chat then it becomes a selfie session and obviously yeah we sometimes try to hide ourselves a little bit and meaning that we actually don't get much interaction between drivers which is a bit sad because it's really what we like doing and we're passionate about racing and I'm sure there's a lot of things that we can talk together So I guess next time we'll just start to walk into the other guys and have a chat and a coffee Do you remember the first time that it struck home to you that you were in the F1 game that suddenly everybody wanted to know you? What was that moment? Yeah I mean it's Valencia 2009 where I started my Formula One career and yeah I mean the media, the photographers in front of the garage when you go out for your first FQ1 session So much attention, it's quite crazy Also you're very stressed, you know you're not very comfortable and you haven't had that much practice with the car and you need to go out there and drive it and make sure that you're driving fast and safely So it's pretty tricky but also a pretty good moment I've got some pictures from the press conference and from leaving the garage where you see all those cameras around and you know that's a pretty cool memory now Any corners that terrify you? No there are corners that I absolutely love and they are absolutely incredible to drive There are funny you know for other corners during the season that you just don't really know how to take them and you know you're going to be a little bit slower than your teammate and just the feel has never been really good but like for me turn one in China, I mean more turns to the part where it gets tight I've never really found the right, that's the line and speed but we're doing it and it's really important that I dislike and because it's not someone I know I can get pre-clap time same thing as the chicane in Barcelona before the main straight I just don't like that corner, I can be fast, I just don't like it but if you talk about Spud in Suzuka Don't go right, don't go straight, turn one is Suzuka so many corners that I absolutely love You cop a fair bit of stick from people but you're pretty good natured about it Yeah I'm happy with what I've done, I'm happy in my shoes I feel good in my shoes in France and yeah I mean people I've got happy actually that they like me and they dislike me much better to be that way than having the correct smell of an oyster And you're quite the cooking aficionado I love cooking, actually you prepared a video last week I didn't really get a laugh but I didn't set the cook for a while I can't post it so I've got to do another one another recipe but yeah it's a good time to cook and to cook healthy also make sure we've got plenty of vitamins coming in and plenty of nutrition to make sure your immune system is as strong as it can be I asked my Instagram followers to come up with a few questions I thought I'd give them a chance to ask here Ellie Sadless is on track, can you hear the fans in the stands or just the engine? No just the engine and also we've got hair pieces in the ears that are molded to the hair so they're already the noise it's cancelling noise if you want and we've got the radio in there so it's kind of hair, sorry And when you talk to the guys on the pit wall do you have to press a button or is it just constant communication? No you just press the button then you talk and when you finish talking you press the button to switch it off and we normally talk on the braking because that's where there's no engine noise behind so you press the button before braking at the end of the track at line and then when you jump on the brake and you actually downshift that's where you're doing the talking Paulos GRN says best race of your career and how did it affect your future career? Recently I'll say baby Bahrain 2016 it was just a great race with very aggressive strategy using a lot of super soft tyres at the time and I finished fifth with Haas on a second race which was absolutely incredible and I remember fighting the ramblers between the race and you know just having fun Kim from Australia Kim with an eye says why do you always lose to me at squash and table tennis? Oh yeah why do you always lose at squash and table tennis? I mean sorry Kim but if I come being honest I mean last time you had a very bad day at table tennis and squash Kim is pretty good surprisingly I mean he's a giraffe so he doesn't even move on the course and he's got everywhere but yeah table tennis we're having a lot of fun and you know all those games they're fun but also they're good for high high end coordination and reactions so everything we do is actually having a sense behind the scene Brett from Melbourne asks what's it like going up O'Rouge? Going up O'Rouge it's fun it's you know the first lap you go through you've got that big compression at the bottom and then you go up and then you go again flat and when you finish that going up and then starting going flat your stomach goes up and down and actually every year on the first push up I feel sick like my stomach is like on a roller coaster and luckily it disappears from lap 2 onwards I wouldn't have a good day but it's got a funny feeling Have you ever been ill in the car and had to stop or felt like stopping? Oh early in my career I think I was in Formula 1 or 2 litres I didn't position the seat belts properly between my legs and yeah the strap was positioned on my jewels and every time I was braking it was so painful that I actually had to pit and redo the seat belt luckily it wasn't a race I think it was maybe a qualifying session but since then I'm very careful when I jump in a car do all the things in the right position and make sure that the seat belts that come between from under you ask between your legs to your crutch swap our world position Just a couple more quick questions Larissa wants to know why did you choose the French licence not the Swiss? Well I started racing as a Swiss under Swiss licence but then I started racing go-kart in France and then eventually when I moved through my careers I became a Renault driver development driver and for Renault obviously it made more sense to have a French driver and a Swiss driver and then total the oil company also was a big partner of mine and obviously it's a French company so supporting a French human athlete would make more sense so yeah I mean I don't it initially was I guess marketing reason but no I really feel as a French athlete but as a Swiss man so if you ask me what I'm in real life I mean I'm Swiss but as an athlete I'm French Aidan the train boy says how big was the smashed door after Kevin broke it? It wasn't broken, it was good quality the trucks are very strong I mean yeah I left it there and kept my mouth shut and thought this is a really good time for Jean to speak Beat Cyber Squad says what's the best thing to put in an omelet? What's the best thing to put in an omelet? I mean many many things but a raclette cheese with a bit of ham even better you get some good smoked ham from the mountains and some raclette cheese and it just made it very heavy but it's so good Are you a fondue man? I love your fondues Fondue is so good I mean I could eat it all day long but then I wouldn't fit in a car so I just need to be make sure that I'm careful with that and finally Eduardo back tenses if you had to pay for the damage to all of your house cars how much would you be in debt? I don't know I don't know I mean obviously when you race you crash sometimes it's you know our job is to push the car through a hundred percent if not more at all time and therefore when you try to reach a hundred distance and sometimes you go over the limit and then you crash yes Fondue man are very expensive it's a very expensive world but yeah I luckily have another to pay then so I don't know Well I do appreciate you taking 20 minutes out of your busy schedule what are you getting back to this afternoon? I'm going back to teaching the boys getting some school with the boys and then probably I'll have one hour on the oil and trainer on the turbo trainer back home getting the cardiovascular system kicking on Ramil Grosjean, Merci beaucoup Merci Before I leave you please remember to like and subscribe if you haven't already done so and click the bell if you want to get notifications of future videos All my picks you'll find them at pro-star-pix.com For my best picks though go to Instagram at Kim Ilman live from the track and all during the week Thanks for watching and stay passionate