Current Haas

From the start of the 2016 season we will be able to welcome the Haas F1 Team into the F1 fold. They have just announced one of their drivers in a live stream on their website a really good signing with the talent that is Roman Grosjean. No word of the second driver as yet.

Stewart Haas Racing in NASCAR already stands the team in good stead to getting off to a flying start. These guys know how to race. In turn they also have one of the best wind tunnels in the world and CNC factories at their beck and call as part of the Haas empire.

They seem to think they can hit the ground running and score points in their first season.

I say good luck to them.

 

[Johnny Carwash]

What fans. The guys a clot.

 

[Speshal]

"I'll have more to say..."

No thanks.

 

[F1Brits_90]

Haas to run rebranded F1 cars and Fittipaldi at Bahrain test

LAS VEGAS (AP) — The relationship between Haas F1 and its Russian sponsor and driver became untenable following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the owner of the United States-based Formula One team said Sunday.

apnews.com

 

[F1Brits_90]

2 things, Mazepin is either extremely naive or thought money would solve all the problems. but how can he not see it coming where has he been living

https://twitter.com/x/status/1501522248284442628

 

[F1Brits_90]

& from many sources on the internet appartantly there is alot of people under consideration & going for that seat. 2 expected Fittipaldi & Giovinatazi, then Magnussen, Daruvula, Piastri are also possible

 

[vintly]

Looks like it’s the lad Kevin.

 

[F1Brits_90]

this has come out of the blue. i never expected it. but it makes if Magnussen has the budget to get them through the season. because this is a great bar from mick to see where he is & how good he could be

https://twitter.com/x/status/1501627629044072448

https://twitter.com/x/status/1501623385176092672

 

[cider_and_toast]

Part of me is glad that this stops an F1 team going to the wall for something that is no fault of their own.

The other part of me is not too happy that a driver who has had his chance is back, blocking a seat for a young driver who deserved to be given one.

 

[Greenlantern101]

Well I never saw that coming. On the plus side we will now have a clear measure of how good the young Schumacher is.

 

[Il_leone]

KMag is only 28 years old with a lot if experience. I wonder what happens if he thrashes Schumacher?

Was not expecting this

I am glad it is not Fittipaldi but surprised Giovinazzi was not shoe horned in given the Ferrari connection

 

[F1Brits_90]

Well I never saw that coming. On the plus side we will now have a clear measure of how good the young Schumacher is.

whereas i agree with cider_and_toast i wanted in a perfect world where the teams future isnt at stake. a driver that deserves a chance like oscar piasri

but if the Haas is as completive in 2022 as it was 2021, its great to have a proven entity in that car to see how good Schumacher is in the same way we had kubica v Russell in 2019

 

[F1Brits_90]

just watching drive to survive & this comment aged well

 

[F1Brits_90]

that episode i didnt think you could hate mazepin & his father any more. but horrible beyond delusional & paranoid to a point where they are certain that Schumacher is getting prefenional treatment & he's been given worse car deliberately. in a way Putin done F1 a huge favour

 

[F1Brits_90]

gunther steiner asked for new aerodynamists & designers from santa i bet

 

[F1Brits_90]

gunther steiner has either resigned, fired or left by mutual consent, but either way this is huge news Steiner is a big character in the paddock, drive to survive will be disappointed, but you could argue that Gunther gave Haas the bigger profile through his character on netflix & was the 3rd longest serving Team principal with only horner & wolff longer than him. & Grosjean's ex mechanic has now stepped up & filled the role

Guenther Steiner: Haas team principal leaves ahead of 2024 F1 season as Ayao Komatsu named as replacement

Haas joined the F1 grid in 2016 but have underperformed in recent seasons; Guenther Steiner has been in charge since their first race eight years ago; you can watch all 24 races this year live on Sky Sports F1 from the Bahrain Grand Prix on March 2

www.skysports.com

https://twitter.com/x/status/1745129110391730289

i still find it weird because he was only interviewed & was shown around christmas, talking about 2024 & you can only assume it must have been some bust up because as i posted on boxing day he wasnt pleased with haas perfromance

 

[cider_and_toast]

As I'm not part of the Netflix crowd that side of it means absolutely nothing to me however, in the mini league between Williams, Haas, Sauber and Alpha Tauri they were by far the most toilet of the four. Someone had to carry the can.

As always, America seems totally indifferent to "their team" and its highly unlikely that this coming season will be any different.

 

[Johnny Carwash]

Guenther Steiner carrying the can for a team that lacks any sort of ambition.

 

[F1Brits_90]

i wonder if this is how andretti come in, because gene haas not really cared about this team, guenther steiner said on netflix he couldnt keep Magnussen or Grosjean in 2021, because Gene had almost washed his hands & that he needed pay drivers to pay the bills because he wasnt footing the bill anymore, then he sold it all but name to mazepin family until putin invaded ukraine

for his good or bad, Haas have a bigger profile on that grid bigger than alpine. aston martin, alfa romeo sauber stake F1 team, because of him & without him that publicity will go. although id agree with brundle there must have been some argument & its not ended on good terms with his quote on development that i put on boxing day, where it sounded like he was very critical of his aerodynamicists for not being able to find any gains, & wasted alot of money

https://twitter.com/x/status/1745134961072521367

 

[F1Brits_90]

listening to craig slater it does seem to me, that this might have been guenther steiner decision more than gene haas decision even though it was officially announced as haas not renewing his contract.

i thought boxing day was a rant at aerodynamicsts. but i think it was more at the owner because according to craig slater. their were divergent views, guenther wanted significant investment in the factory, which am i right that manor racing didnt build that banbury factory in 2008 it was already there & then Haas bought it when manor/virgin/marussia when bust. he was told 2 weeks ago

i can understand that he would be frustrated, if he getting stick from media & maybe even the gene haas himself. for finishing last in the constructors & rarely battling for points. but he doesnt get the investment to move up the grid

 

[P1]

Haas on Steiner's departure and the team's future

Haas have been causing shocks since they entered Formula 1 in 2016, from scoring a brilliant points-finish on their debut and taking a remarkable fifth in the constructors’ championship in only their third season to a shock pole in Sao Paulo in 2022.

www.formula1.com

Gene Haas says he fired Steiner for lack of performance. Haas thinks that with the full set of listed Ferrari parts, they should be doing better, and he thinks their weakness is aero. He blames Steiner for lack of progress on Aero or failing to build a good Aero team.