Romain Grosjean has expressed his amazement at Haass response to their first troubled F1 race weekend - and is tipping them to be back in points contention in Russia. The sports first American team in 30 years made a dream start to life in F1 with sixth and fifth place finishes in Australia and Bahrain respectively, but then suddenly struggled throughout the Chinese GP.Grosjean, who was involved in contact on the opening lap, finished 18th in Shanghai and team-mate Esteban Gutierrez fared little better in 14th place. However, with the teams disappointing performance having required deep analysis in the week that followed, Grosjean reckons they are now actually better placed to move forward.It was a very positive weekend for us [in retrospect] because we have done much more analysis after China than we did after Bahrain, he said on Thursday in Sochi.We could see real problems and understand why we were always on the back foot and understand why [the car] wasnt reacting to the next problems, and what we did right and wrong.Im quite amazed by the reaction back at the factory with everything which has been done and put in place for here. Im looking forward to getting back in the car and after a few laps [to see] were back where we want it to be. Then we can work from there. Natalie Pinkham is joined by former McLaren mechanic Marc Priestley and former Williams Senior Operations Engineer Dominic Harlow to look ahead to Russia The Frenchman admits there were quite a lot of problems for the team to resolve after returning to base, with weekend-long tyre pressure problems in Shanghai having been made worse by our set-up and the way we ran the car.It was as well the way we reacted to problems, Grosjean explained. With disrupted sessions it was hard to catch up and the way we tried to catch up, and the direction we went, was sometimes not good and actually making the problems worse.So, all of that together, its nice to now see it as a big picture and know that if it happens again we can ask the questions in a different way and react differently.Nonetheless, Grosjeans impressive 18-point haul from the opening two rounds mean Haas remain fifth in the Constructors Championship and the recently-turned 30-year-old is optimistic they can make an immediate return to top-10 contention this weekend.Back in the points is possible if we get everything back to how we want it and back to how it was initially in the season, he added.Watch the whole Russian GP weekend - LIVE ONLY on Sky Sports F1. The race begins at 1pm on Sunday, with build-up from 11.30am. Or watch the race without a contract for £6.99 on NOW TV. Also See: When is the Russian GP on Sky? The F1 Gossip Column Adidas NMD Belgie . - NASCAR announced a 33-race schedule for the 2014 Nationwide Series with virtually no changes from this years slate. Adidas Zx 4000 4d Kopen . Barcelona also left injured defenders Carles Puyol, Javier Mascherano and Jordi Alba out of its squad for the trip to Glasgow. That means that Marc Bartra will probably start again in the centre of the defence alongside Gerard Pique. http://www.nmdbelgie.com/kopen-yeezy-boost-350-v2-sale.html . Down by seven with 90 seconds left in regulation, thats where they looked comfortable. Adidas Zx Flux Kopen . "It doesnt get any better than that," Giambi said. "Im speechless." The Indians are roaring toward October. Giambi belted a two-run, pinch-hit homer with two outs in the ninth inning to give Cleveland a shocking 5-4 win over the Chicago White Sox on Tuesday night, keeping the Indians up with the lead pack in the AL wild-card race. Adidas NMD Goedkoop . The Barrie Colts defenceman, who impressed many with his play for Canada at the World Junior Hockey Championship, is the top-ranked skater in the February rankings. He has 19 goals and 24 assists for 43 points in 45 games with the Colts this season. So LSU and Florida will meet after all.They will play 42 days later than originally scheduled and about 600 miles west of the original site.But the No. 16 Tigers will host the No. 21 Gators on Saturday afternoon in Tiger Stadium in a game postponed from Oct. 8 in Gainesville, Fla., due to Hurricane Matthew.The new date and location came after several days of contentious negotiations involving the two schools and the SEC.Look, anything that comes up that really is out of your control, I mean, you can sit and cry about it or you can just move on, Florida coach Jim McElwain said. Thats what weve got to do. It is what it is. Were going there to play and thats the way it is.These teams seasons have come much more clearly into focus than they were when the postponement took place.LSU (6-3, 4-2 in the SEC) is 4-1 since Ed Orgeron was named interim head coach after Les Miles was fired in the wake of a 2-2 start.Florida (7-2, 5-2) has put itself on the cusp of a second consecutive SEC East Division title, though it enters the game with at least seven starters sidelined by injury. If the Gators win, they go back to Atlanta to play West Division champion and No. 1 Alabama on Dec. 3. If they lose, they can still win the East if Tennessee loses either at home to Missouri this week or at Vanderbilt next week.Had this game been played Oct. 8, Florida likely would have avoided Tigers All-America running back Leonard Fournette, who was sidelined by an ankle injury. Fournette aggravated the injury for the third time this season in a win against Arkansas last week but hes more likely to play than he would have been six weeks ago.Derrius Guice has established himself as one of the top running backs in the SEC while getting expanded playing time due to Fournettes limited playing time.Florida has the No. 2 rush defense in the SEC (111.7 yards per game), but its top three tacklers -- linebackers Jarrad Davis and Alex Anzalone and safety Marcus Maye -- wont play because of injury.The Gators also could be without as many as three starters on the offensive line.They were injured when we were about to play and then I guess they got a couple guys back and now they lost multiple guys, LSU outside linebacker Arden Key said.dddddddddddd I know theyre scared to come up here because they dont have all their stars or whatnot.Both teams have starting quarterbacks who transferred from Purdue and werent starters at the beginning of the season. Danny Etling replaced a struggling Brandon Harris after two games for LSU.Austin Appleby will be making his fourth start of the season and second in a row because of injuries to Luke Del Rio.LSU, which concludes the regular season at Texas A&M on Thanksgiving night, will honor its departing seniors before a home game it wasnt supposed to have. A week ago, the Gators bid farewell to their departing seniors a week earlier than originally planned.Had this game been played as originally scheduled, LSU would be hosting South Alabama on Saturday and Florida would be hosting Presbyterian College in a tune-up for its regular-season finale at Florida State next Saturday.Gators players remember October speculation that suggested they werent eager to play the game then or now.I think the LSU game is one of the biggest games for us every season just like FSU, just like Georgia, safety Nick Washington said. I mean were going to go into it with a little more of a chip on our shoulder because of whats been said in the media and what not. I know were ready to go.So instead of playing a non-conference breather, LSU and Florida are meeting in a Top 25 matchup with important implications. In addition to the Gators trying to wrap up a division title and strengthen their long-shot of making the College Football Playoff, the Tigers are trying to enhance their attractiveness to bowls and strengthen Orgerons case to be the full-time head coach when these teams finally meet in The Swamp next season.We didnt have success in one game. Were 4-1, Oregeron said in reference to whats happened since he took over. Theres a lot of good things weve done. I really feel like we have a good football team, and I like that theyre having fun. ' ' '