Haas F1 driver Romain Grosjean is defending his growing reputation as the "complainer" of F1.

Critical radio messages made to the Haas team by the Frenchman are often broadcast on television, but Grosjean thinks it's unfair to make conclusions about his character based on them.

"It hurts when fans say, 'Grosjean complains all the time,'" he told Ekstra Bladet newspaper. "My radio is just used (by the broadcasters) all the time.

"I don't only complain, and if I do, it's for the team to get better. You don't think about it when you're in the car. You're just working."

Grosjean's complaining might have stepped up a bit this season, as his teammate Kevin Magnussen seems to have the upper hand.

Grosjean said: "We're working to give me a little more feeling with the front end. Sometimes it's just the feeling that makes you faster than your teammate at the highest level of the sport."

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