Romain Grosjean, who has driven for Renault F1 in the past and came out looking terrible next to Fernando Alonso when the latter was also contracted to Renault, believes that the time is ripe for him to re-enter Formula1 as a racer and wants the seat in the Lotus Renault team for next year, alongside Kimi Raikonnen. Romain Grosjean is one of the many drivers who are hoping that Vitaly Petrov will be bought out of his contract by Lotus to accommodate another driver. Adrian Sutil is also said to be in the frame for that seat. Eric Boullier is being coy about the team’s thoughts on who will partner Raikonnen.