Haas F1 team’s team principal Gunether Steiner has said that the American team are looking to score points at their first F1 race in Australia later this year.
Haas F1 team’s team principal Gunether Steiner has said that the American team are looking to score points at their first F1 race in Australia later this year. They are also looking to finish in Q2 in their first qualifying session.
“We would like to make the points. Qualifying, if we get to Q2 we will be fine,” the Italian said. “To have a chance of points is our goal and to put on a good show. To show what we have worked the last two years for and we have no big dramas going on. That is our biggest aim at the moment.”
Haas driver Romain Grosjean in the centre
Steiner had earlier worked for Jaguar and Red Bull. But with Haas, he is starting from scratch. “Sometimes it is nicer as you start with a clean sheet of paper and you don’t have to fix things, you pick the people you want, you are not trying to readjust what you want,” he said. “But it is more difficult to attract people and be credible after a few teams have gone out of business in the last year. It is difficult to make people believe that we are here for the long-term and that we are actually coming because we cannot show anything that we are doing. But you need to make people understand how you are doing it and when you will have a car. But it is more difficult to attract people and be credible after a few teams have gone out of business in the last year. It is difficult to make people believe that we are here for the long-term and that we are actually coming because we cannot show anything that we are doing. But you need to make people understand how you are doing it and when you will have a car.”
Haas driver Esteban Guiterrez in the Ferrari outfit
Williams’ Rob Smedley was rumored to move to Haas earlier. Talking about the people within the team, Gunether said, “Established people, but no big names – there is no Adrian Newey for example. I think there are less of the big names around.”
Haas cars will be powered by Ferrari engines and their drivers are Romain Grosjean from France and Esteban Gutierrez from Mexico.
Source – Sky sports
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