Romain Grosjean has stated how Formula 1 video games on the PlayStation and Xbox attributed to the Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve becoming a personal favorite of the Frenchman. The Lotus driver secured his second podium finish of his career in Sunday’s race, after starting 7th on the grid.

The reigning GP2 Champion had never raced on the Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve prior this years race weekend, and learned the track whilst playing on a Formula 1 video game on the Xbox. With the GP2 Series never racing around the Montreal circuit, Grosjean had no first hand experience of the characteristics of the track.

“I think I should say Xbox or Microsoft.” Said Romain Grosjean, when asked if the PlayStation assisted in his strong performance during the race. “It’s true that on a video game it’s my favorite track and looking at it, it’s quite interesting. It’s more bumpy than on [the] Xbox sitting on a sofa, but it’s pretty interesting and when you have a good result in a race, normally you quite like it and so I’m pretty happy about today.”

With 2012 being Romain Grosjean’s first full season in Formula 1, after making his debut throughout the 2009 season with Renault, the Frenchman has been learning the majority of the non-European circuits such as Albert Park (Australia), Shanghai (China) and Sakhir (Bahrain) throughout 2012. Romain Grosjean now sits 7th in the Drivers Championship, with 53 points already scored this season.

The new Formula 1 game, F1 2012, is set to be released in September this year. Once again, the game will be developed by Codemasters and will feature all the drivers, teams and circuits of the current 2012 season including the new Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas.

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