Romain Grosjean insists he was “never worried” ab💎out losing his Formula 1 seat at Haas for the 2019 campaign, despite a disappointin✃g run of form.

A multitude of mistakes - most notaౠbly crashing out under the Safety Car in Baku and causing a first-lap pileཧ-up in Spain - and misfortune resulted in Grosjean’s worst-ever start to an F1 season.

He failed to record any points until July’s Austrian Grand Prix, where a fourth-place finish sparked a turn🍷around in form, with the Frenchman going on to record points in Germany, Hungary, Belgium and last weekend’s Japanese Grand Prix.

Haas announced an unchanged driver line-up for next season ahead of last month’s Russian Grand Prix, retaining the partnership of Grosjean and ꦯKevin Magnussen for a third straig💦ht year.

“I don’t want this to sound wrong but I was never worri💮ed that I wouldn’t be here next year,” Grosjean said.

“At one point after Silverstone I knew it couldn’t keep going that w🔥ay but I knew I had the solution so꧋mewhere and I knew I could bounce back.

“I thought Germany was the point, I was good and then I knew the team would🌄 see it and we would work it through.

“If I kept going as early on and it wouldn’t hav♉e worked but from the point I knew exactly what I needed to do then ꦏI was convinced things would go in a positive way.”

Grosjean, who has been with the American squad since its debut in 2016, pinpointed this year’s German Grand 💖Prix as the crucial race he felt he had turned around his fortune🐬s.

"🐟I knew from Germany I was back on form,🐼” he explained. "Things had to turn at one point. The season looked worse than it was actually was sometimes because of bad luck.

“Bahrain I was in the points and lost half the car, then Canada I think Iꦺ was scoring points and didn't make qualifying.

"Silverstone was the time when [I thought], 'OK, I♏ need to understand thin🐬gs and make sure that things are going my way all the time'.

"Then Germany and Hungary I knew I wꦰas back on track."