Website www.haasf1team.com Founded 2014 Races competed 21 Fastest lap 0 | Founder Gene Haas Chassis Haas VF-17 Drivers' championships 0 | |
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Full name Haas F1 Team registered as Haas Formula LLC Base Kannapolis, North Carolina,
United States (Main)
Banbury, Oxfordshire,
United Kingdom (European) Team principal(s) Gene Haas
(Team Owner & Chairman)
Joe Custer
(COO)
Guenther Steiner
(Team Principal) Technical director(s) Rob Taylor
(Chief Designer)
Ben Agathangelou
(Chief Aerodynamicist) Race drivers 8. Romain Grosjean
20. Kevin Magnussen Headquarters Kannapolis, North Carolina, United States Profiles | ||
Haas f1 team s 2017 challenger the vf 17
Haas F1 Team (previously known as Haas Formula and Haas Racing Developments) is a Formula One racing team established by NASCAR Sprint Cup Series team co-owner Gene Haas in April 2014. The team originally intended to make its début at the start of the 2015 season, but later elected to postpone their entry until the 2016 season.
Contents
- Haas f1 team s 2017 challenger the vf 17
- Have no fear haas f1 team is here usa usa usa
- Preparations
- Controversy
- 2016 season
- 2017 season
- Complete Formula One results
- References
The team is headquartered in Kannapolis, North Carolina – 50 km (31 mi) from Charlotte – alongside sister team and NASCAR Sprint Cup entrant Stewart-Haas Racing, though the two teams are separate entities. The team also established a second forward base in Banbury in Oxfordshire for the purpose of turning cars around between races during the European part of the calendar.
Have no fear haas f1 team is here usa usa usa
Preparations
Haas was the first constructor to submit an F1 entry after the failed US F1 project in 2010, and it is the first American team to compete since the unrelated Haas Lola outfit raced in the 1985 and 1986 seasons. The Haas Lola team was owned by former McLaren boss Teddy Mayer and Carl Haas, who is of no relation to Gene Haas.
Following the collapse of Marussia F1 during the 2014 season and the auctioning of their assets, Haas purchased the team's Banbury headquarters to serve as a forward base for their operations.
Unrestricted by testing regulations until the time the team entered an official season, Haas shook its new car down in December 2015 ahead of official pre-season testing at Barcelona in early 2016. Haas approached Italian manufacturer Dallara to build their chassis, with a power unit supplied by Ferrari. Former Jaguar and Red Bull Racing technical director Guenther Steiner is the team principal. Haas confirmed its new car had passed the mandatory FIA crash tests on January 8, 2016.
The team announced on September 29, 2015 that Romain Grosjean would be one of their drivers for 2016. On October 30, 2015 during the Mexican Grand Prix weekend, it was officially announced that Ferrari test driver Esteban Gutiérrez would join the team for 2016.
Controversy
Haas' approach of establishing a far-reaching partnership with Ferrari was met with a mixed response from the paddock. The team was applauded for pioneering a low-cost model that would allow new teams to enter the sport and be competitive, which had been of concern to the sport following the collapse of HRT and Caterham, and ongoing financial problems that had threatened Marussia and Lotus. Conversely, Haas' approach was criticised by smaller, privateer teams who had invested in their own infrastructure and expressed concerns about the close relationship between manufacturers and satellite teams handing more political power to the sport's larger teams.
2016 season
In the team's debut at the opening 2016 Australian Grand Prix, Grosjean finished 6th, scoring eight points for the team, which became the first American constructor to win points in its first F1 race and the first constructor overall since Toyota Racing in 2002 to record points in its debut. At the same race his team mate, Gutiérrez crashed out in an incident which destroyed former world champion Fernando Alonso's McLaren and caused the race to be temporarily red-flagged.
2017 season
On November 11, 2016, the team announced that Kevin Magnussen would drive alongside Grosjean in 2017, replacing Gutiérrez.
Complete Formula One results
(key) (results in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)