The first American team to run in Formula One in 30 years has broken cover with the big reveal of it’s first racecar on social media.
Haas F1’s VF-16 car shares it’s livery colours with those of Haas’ cars in other series, but there’s no doubt where the machine will be racing.
Following in the style of Formula One, the VF-16 will, according to Haas, showcase the company’s “commitment to technology and innovation”.
“Just as Haas Automation’s products continually evolve, becoming better and more efficient, our methodology behind the VF-16 was to make it the best evolution of a good F1 car,” said Guenther Steiner, Team Principal. “We’re a new team so we looked at what the successful teams were doing to give us a baseline of the direction we needed to go with our design.”
The rear end of the car was dictated by the power unit, which will be provided to Haas by their technical partner, Ferrari.
The goal in Haas’ maiden year will be to finish races and score points.
“We need to go out there and show that we can do the job,” said Steiner. “That we can finish races, that we are respected by the fans and other teams in the paddock. Then we want to score points. That is the ultimate goal.”
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