Haas team boss Guenther Steiner says the outfit is hoping to finish inside the top 10 when it makes its Formula 1 debut in Australia. Haas will join the sport this year after almost two years of preparation, during which they have formed a technical alliance with Ferrari and recruited Romain Grosjean and Esteban Gutierrez. Haas' new car will make its debut in testing next month and Steiner is optimistic that the team will be able to join the midfield from the outset. "We would […]

Esteban Gutierrez says he can aid Haas' progress with his own experience when the squad enters Formula 1 at the start of the 2016 season. Haas is Formula 1's first new team since the trio of Lotus Racing, Virgin and Hispania entered the sport in 2010 and the American outfit has signed Gutierrez to partner Romain Grosjean. Gutierrez spent two years acting as reserve driver for the Ferrari-powered Sauber team prior to two seasons in a race seat in 2013 and 2014. Gutierrez occupied the […]

Gene Haas has dismissed the notion that his squad will act as a Ferrari junior team when it joins the Formula 1 grid in 2016. Haas has developed a technical collaboration with Ferrari and will field the Italian marque's current test driver Esteban Gutierrez alongside Romain Grosjean. "I don't see us in the 'junior team' team position," he told the official F1 website. "If we are out there we want to beat them.  We would not back down. But, of course, I would not mind […]

Haas has confirmed that Esteban Gutierrez will return to Formula 1 with the nascent outfit in 2016, partnering current Lotus driver Romain Grosjean. Gutierrez, 24, raced for Sauber in 2013 and 2014, scoring his only top 10 finish at the 2013 Japanese Grand Prix. Gutierrez has spent 2015 in a test and reserve capacity at Ferrari but will now return to the grid with Haas. "This is an excellent opportunity that builds on my time with Ferrari and I will make the most of it," […]

Current Lotus driver Romain Grosjean says his move to the new Haas team for 2016 is a 'calculated risk', due to the outfit's association with Ferrari. Grosjean admits that racing for Formula 1's new team in 2016 is a risky approach but cited its partnership with Ferrari, which has a vacancy for 2017, as part of his decision for making the move. "Life is a risk. Driving an F1 car is risky, racing is risky. I spoke with Guenther [Steiner] and Gene [Haas] - sure […]

Romain Grosjean is confident that he will be able to score points with the new Haas team during the early stages of the 2016 season. Haas is set to become the first new team in the sport in six years and it has acquired the services of Grosjean to lead its charge as it enters Formula 1. Grosjean, who currently races for Lotus, is sure that the outfit will be able to compete for positions inside the top 10. "I think from what I’ve seen […]

Haas Formula 1 has confirmed that Romain Grosjean will race for the team when it makes its debut in the sport in 2016. Haas had hoped to sign a current driver with experience and the outfit has signed Grosjean from Lotus ahead of its maiden campaign in the sport. The identity of Grosjean’s team-mate has not yet been confirmed, though Esteban Gutiérrez is expected to fill the seat. "We wanted an experienced driver capable of developing our car and our race team into one that […]

Formula 1's new-for-2016 team, Haas, is hoping to reveal its first driver by the end of next month, as the squad inches closer to its debut in the sport. Gene Haas' eponymous outfit will join the 10 current teams next year but has yet to announce either of its drivers. Esteban Gutierrez is understood to be the leading candidate, though Haas has spoken with several other racers regarding the vacant 2016 slots. "We are talking with about 10 people, some higher up the list, some […]

Haas has confirmed several new signings ahead of its debut in Formula 1 next season. Gene Haas' eponymous squad will join the pack in 2016, operating out of Kannapolis in North Carolina. The team confirmed that it has acquired Marussia's former factory in Banbury, which it will use as its European base. Former Marussia man Dave O’Neill has joined as team manager, with Rob Taylor - also from Marussia - as chief designer and Ben Agathangelou - paired from Ferrari - as chief aerodynamicist. Haas […]

Haas Formula 1 Team will be supplied by Ferrari when the squad makes its debut in the 2016 Formula 1 season. Gene Haas's eponymous squad confirmed on Wednesday that the Italian marque will supply Haas with Power Units, gearboxes and overall technical support in a 'multi year deal'. "There is no team in Formula One more accomplished than Scuderia Ferrari, and no team with more history," said Haas. "They’ve been a part of Formula One from the beginning, and now they’ll be a part of […]

Haas Automation will sponsor Ferrari until the end of 2015, prior to Gene Haas's move into the sport with his own team. Haas's eponymous team is set to enter the sport in 2016 and has yet to confirm which engine he will use in his cars. "Haas Automation is a premium brand, and there’s no better way to drive that point home than to connect it with Ferrari on motor racing’s biggest stage," said Gene Haas, founder of Haas Automation. "Over the past few months, […]

The FIA has confirmed that Gene Haas has been granted an entry into the Formula 1 world championship, while investigations into a second potential new team are ongoing. Haas was one of three prospective entrants who responded to the FIA's request for new teams and he has now been given the green light by the FIA. A statement released by the FIA following the World Motor Sport Council meeting in Morocco on Friday confirmed investigations are ongoing with a prospective entry called Forza Rossa. 'The […]