Haas F1 team

This article covers the motorsport team that has been taking part in the Formula 1 World Championship since 2016. For Team Haas, which was active in the same series in 1985 and 1986, see Team Haas (USA) .

Haas F1

Surname	Haas F1 team
Companies	Haas Formula LLC
Company headquarters	Kannapolis , North Carolina , United States
Team boss	Günther Steiner
Technical Director	Rob Taylor
2020 season
driver	0(8) Romain Grosjean (20) Kevin Magnussen
Test driver	0 Pietro Fittipaldi Louis Delétraz
chassis	Haas VF-20
engine	Ferrari 1.6 V6
tires	Pirelli
statistics
First Grand Prix	Australia 2016
Race driven	90
Constructors' championship	best result: 5th ( 2018 )
Drivers World Championship	best result: 9th ( 2018 )
Race wins	0
Pole positions	0
Fastest laps	2
Position 2019	9. (28 points)
Points	198
(Status: Belgian Grand Prix 2020)

Haas F1 Team , originally Haas Formula , is an American motorsport team that has participated in the Formula 1 World Championship since 2016 .

history

History of origin

Team founder Gene Haas

Team headquarters in Kannapolis

The initiator of the project is the American entrepreneur Gene Haas , who owns the large Californian machine tool manufacturer Haas Automation . Haas has been involved in motor racing since 2002 . His newly formed Haas CNC Racing team participated in the NASCAR series for a number of years before merging with Tony Stewart's racing team in 2009 . Since then the team has been running under the name Stewart-Haas Racing . The racing team is based in Kannapolis ( North Carolina ).

In January 2014, four years after the previous US Formula 1 project with Peter Windsor's US F1 team failed, Haas announced a commitment to Formula 1 . He founded a racing team initially called Haas Formula, which was renamed Haas F1 in September 2014. In April 2014, Haas deposited a $ 20 million security deposit required by the FIA to confirm the seriousness of his project. The head office of the team is in the USA; however, the races should be organized from a base in Great Britain . Haas had been looking for a location in Europe since mid-2014, and in January 2015 the team acquired the former factory of the Marussia team in Banbury, UK .

Haas works closely with Scuderia Ferrari . The cooperation goes further than that of other customer teams. Haas procures a substantial part of the technical components from Ferrari. In addition to the engine, the transmission and numerous other components are also taken over by Ferrari. The team management speaks of “comprehensive technical support”. Observers refer to Haas as "Ferrari's B-Team".

The racing car was to be designed by Dallara in Italy after initial planning ; The team refrained from doing so in spring 2014. Instead, the plans envisaged a development of the car in the USA. Haas signed the South Tyrolean Günther Steiner , who had already held this position a few years earlier at Jaguar and its successor Red Bull , as team manager.

Haas initially planned to start in Formula 1 in 2015 . In spring 2014, the team announced the postponement of the debut to the following year.

2016 season

Romain Grosjean in the Haas VF-16 during test drives in Barcelona 2016

In his debut season, Haas competed with the VF-16 . According to Gene Haas, the name is derived from his first machine sold by Haas Automotive, "very first one", "VF-1" for short, and the "6" for the year of the current season. The car used numerous components from Ferrari. In addition to the drive unit, Haas also bought the transmission, suspension, wheel carriers, hydraulics, steering, electronics and the driver's seat from Scuderia. The drivers were Romain Grosjean and Esteban Gutiérrez . Test driver was Santino Ferrucci .

In the team’s debut race in Australia , Grosjean and Gutiérrez qualified for the penultimate row. In the race Gutiérrez retired after a collision with Fernando Alonso ( McLaren ) on lap 16, which resulted in the race being interrupted. Grosjean, on the other hand, finished the race in sixth place without having completed a regular pit stop . Haas made the best debut for a newly formed team since Toyota joined 14 years earlier . Two weeks later in Bahrain , Grosjean, who started from ninth position, came in fifth, while Gutiérrez (starting position 13) retired again due to a brake defect. In the further course of the season Grosjean achieved three more places in the points, Gutiérrez remained with four eleventh places as the best results without points. Haas finished eighth in the constructors 'championship, Grosjean was 13th in the drivers' championship.

2017 season

Kevin Magnussen at the 2017 Malaysian Grand Prix

Pit stop at the 2017 US Grand Prix

The contract with Grosjean was extended early for the 2017 season, and Kevin Magnussen was signed by Renault . With a few placements in the points, especially in the first half of the season, eighth place could be achieved again in the constructors' championship. Romain Grosjean finished 13th in the drivers' standings with 28 points. His best result was a sixth place in the Austrian Grand Prix . Magnussen was 14th in the drivers' standings with 19 points. His best results were a seventh place and three more eighth places.

2018 season

Kevin Magnussen in the Haas VF-18 during test drives in Barcelona 2018

In its third season in 2018 , the team competed with the VF-18 , which, like its predecessors, used Ferrari technology in the drive area. The driver pairing consisted of Romain Grosjean and Kevin Magnussen.

Grosjean achieved fourth place in Austria, the best result of the Haas team to date. At the Singapore Grand Prix 2018 Kevin Magnussen made the first fastest race lap for Haas.

During the summer break after the Hungarian Grand Prix , the racing team had already scored 51 points in the constructors' championship, surpassing the overall results for 2016 and 2017. With a total of 93 points, Haas finished the 2018 season in fifth place in the constructors' championship. In the drivers' championship, Grosjean finished 14th with 37 points. Magnussen, whose best results were two fifth places, was ninth in the drivers' standings with 56 points.

Season 2019

There were no personnel changes for the 2019 season .

After "Haas Automotive" was the main sponsor of its own team for the first three years, it was the first time that an external main sponsor was involved. The British energy drink manufacturer Rich Energy now acted as such, was also included in the team name and significantly influenced the paintwork of the car, which in its black and gold design was supposed to be reminiscent of the past "JPS" look of Team Lotus from the 1970s .

Romain Grosjean had major problems with the reliability of the VF-19 at the beginning of the season , and otherwise they fell far short of expectations.

On July 10, the week before the British Grand Prix, a statement from Rich Energy appeared on Twitter that the company would unilaterally terminate its sponsorship deal with Haas. Rich Energy later distanced itself from this statement. It is only due to a single employee who does not represent the general opinion of the company. Magnussen had crossed the finish line behind an inferior Williams at the previous Austrian Grand Prix. After the Italian Grand Prix , Haas announced the amicable separation from Rich Energy . After frequent placements in the previous year, this year there were only a few places in the top ten. The best result of the season came from Kevin Magnussen in sixth place right at the start of the season in Australia . At the end of the season Haas finished ninth overall with 28 points, while Magnussen was 16th (20 points) and Grosjean 18th (8 points) in the drivers' championship.

2020 season

The driver pairing will remain the same for the 2020 season , with Louis Delétraz and Pietro Fittipaldi now being test and reserve drivers . Both made their debut in Haas Formula 1 cars during a Pirelli test in Abu Dhabi in 2018 and should be announced at the season opening in Australia , which was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic . The season finally began in Austria at the Red Bull Ring . The Styrian Grand Prix followed a week later on this route . Haas is currently in ninth place with one point in the constructors' championship after the seventh race.

Numbers and dates

Statistics in Formula 1

Status: 2020 Belgian Grand Prix

season	Team name	chassis	engine	tires	Grand Prix	Victories	Second	Third	Poles	nice Round	Points	World Cup rank
2016	Haas F1 team	Haas VF-16	Ferrari 059/5	P	21st	-	-	-	-	-	29	8th.
2017	Haas F1 team	Haas VF-17	Ferrari 062	P	20th	-	-	-	-	-	47	8th.
2018	Haas F1 team	Haas VF-18	Ferrari 063	P	21st	-	-	-	-	1	93	5.
2019	Rich Energy Haas F1 Team	Haas VF-19	Ferrari 064	P	21st	-	-	-	-	1	28	9.
2020	Haas F1 team	Haas VF-20	Ferrari 065	P	7th	-	-	-	-	-	1	9.
total					90	-	-	-	-	2	198

All drivers of the Haas F1 Team in Formula 1

Status: 2020 Belgian Grand Prix

Surname	Years	Grand Prix	Points	Victories	Second	Third	Poles	SR	best WM-Pos.
Romain Grosjean	2016–	88	102	-	-	-	-	-	13. ( 2016 , 2017 )
Kevin Magnussen	2017–	69	96	-	-	-	-	2	9. ( 2018 )
Esteban Gutiérrez	2016	21st	-	-	-	-	-	-	21st ( 2016 )

Current drivers are shown in yellow.

Results in Formula 1

season	chassis	driver	No.	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	18th	19th	20th	21st	Points	rank
2016	VF-16																								29	8th.
		R. Grosjean	08th	6th	5	19th	8th	DNF	13	14th	13	7th	DNF	14th	13	13	11	DNS	DNF	11	10	20th	DNS	11
		E. Gutiérrez	21st	DNF	DNF	14th	17th	11	12	13	16	11	16	13	11	12	13	11	DNF	20th	DNF	19th	DNF	12
2017	VF-17																								47	8th.
		R. Grosjean	08th	DNF	11	8th	DNF	10	8th	10	13	6th	13	DNF	7th	15th	9	13	9	14th	15th	15th	11
		K. Magnussen	20th	DNF	8th	DNF	13	14th	10	12	7th	DNF	12	11	15th	11	DNF	12	8th	16	8th	DNF	13
2018	VF-18																								93	5.
		R. Grosjean	08th	DNF	13	17th	DNF	DNF	15th	12	11	4th	DNF	6th	10	7th	DSQ	15th	11	8th	DNF	16	8th	9
		K. Magnussen	20th	DNF	5	10	13	6th	13	13	6th	5	9	11	7th	8th	16	18th	8th	DNF	DSQ	15th	9	10
2019	VF-19																								28	9.
		R. Grosjean	08th	DNF	DNF	11	DNF	10	10	14th	DNF	16	DNF	7th	DNF	13	16	11	DNF	13	17th	15th	13	15th
		K. Magnussen	20th	6th	13	13	13	7th	14th	17th	17th	19th	DNF	8th	13	12	DNF	17th	9	15th	15th	18 *	11	14th
2020	VF-20																								1	9.
		R. Grosjean	08th	DNF	13	16	16	16	19th	15th
		K. Magnussen	20th	DNF	12	10	DNF	DNF	15th	17th

Legend
colour	abbreviation	meaning
gold	-	victory
silver	-	2nd place
bronze	-	3rd place
green	-	Placement in the points
blue	-	Classified outside the point ranks
violet	DNF	Race not finished (did not finish)
	NC	not classified
red	DNQ	did not qualify
	DNPQ	failed in pre-qualification (did not pre-qualify)
black	DSQ	disqualified
White	DNS	not at the start (did not start)
	WD	withdrawn
Light Blue	PO	only participated in the training (practiced only)
	TD	Friday test driver
without	DNP	did not participate in the training (did not practice)
	INJ	injured or sick
	EX	excluded
	DNA	did not arrive
	C.	Race canceled
		no participation in the World Cup
other	P / bold	Pole position
	SR / italic	Fastest race lap
	*	not at the finish, but counted due to the distance covered
	()	Streak results
	underlined	Leader in the overall standings

Web links

Commons : Haas F1 Team  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Website of the Haas F1 team

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 2018 FIA Formula One World Championship Entry List (PDF) January 31, 2018. Archived from the original on February 16, 2018.
2. ^ Christian Menath: Officially: Grosjean drives for Haas. Springboard for Ferrari. Motorsport-Magazin.com, September 29, 2015, accessed March 17, 2016 . 
3. ↑ ^{a b} Markus Lüttgens: Haas Formula becomes Haas F1 Team. Motorsport-Total.com, September 2, 2014, accessed September 3, 2014 . 
4. ↑ Sven Haidinger: No soap bubble: Haas pays a 20 million performance guarantee. Motorsport-Total.com, July 17, 2014, accessed September 2, 2014 . 
5. ^ Roman Wittemeier: Haas wants success: Do the regulations help? Motorsport-Total.com, September 5, 2014, accessed September 5, 2014 . 
6. ^ Dominik Sharaf: Haas Formula: Purchase of the Marussia factory completed. Motorsport-Total.com, January 21, 2015, accessed January 21, 2015 . 
7. ↑ Mario Fritzsche: Officially: Haas starts Formula 1 adventure with Ferrari power. Motorsport-Total.com, September 3, 2014, accessed September 3, 2014 . 
8. ↑ Dieter Rencken, Markus Lüttgens: Dallara is out: Haas wants to build chassis himself. Motorsport-Total.com, June 11, 2014, accessed September 2, 2014 . 
9. ↑ Karin Sturm: Formula 1: Haas is a threat to the small teams. Spiegel Online , March 17, 2016, accessed March 17, 2016 . 
10. ^ ^{A b} Mathias Brunner: Haas: Rank 6 at Premiere, best debut in 14 years! speedweek.com , March 21, 2016, accessed March 21, 2016 . 
11. ↑ Formula 1 World Championship status 2017 - Formula 1 drivers' ranking 2017 - Formula 1 team ranking 2017. Accessed on July 1, 2018 (German). 
12. ↑ Formula 1 World Championship status 2017 - Formula 1 drivers' ranking 2017 - Formula 1 team ranking 2017. Accessed on July 1, 2018 (German). 
13. ^ Haas F1 Team Statement on Rich Energy. Haas F1 Team, September 9, 2019, accessed September 9, 2019 . 
14. ^ Fittipaldi and Delétraz Confirmed as Official Test and Reserve Drivers. March 26, 2020, accessed on March 26, 2020 .