Mercedes offered Grosjean the chance to test its 2019 W10 car following the French driver's departure from F1 at the end of 2020, where the horrific accident he endured at the Bahrain Grand Prix proved to be his final race in the championship.
To allow Grosjean to sign off on a higher note, Mercedes had pencilled in a test for the now-IndyCar driver ahead of the French Grand Prix at Paul Ricard, but the quarantine requirements involved travelling from the USA to France put paid to those plans.
