Hmmm! Racecar Engineering has expressed doubts! "When is a customer car not one?" Haas VF-16 - Racecar Engineering
I don't see the problem. They're using the maximum potential of the rules and setting themselves up for the most possible success by using so much from Ferrari (at least to start off). It's good to see a new team be sensible for a change.
2nd fastest on day 3 in Barcelona, not bad. Of course meaningless, given all the variables this early, but holy cow that is encouraging to be even completing laps, much less anywhere but last!
Fully agree! It's more than promising... Now compare these last two days with the first from HRT, Virgin and Marussia? Do I smell a Brawn GP surprise here?
I think that the gold is used on the inside of that element as a heat shield. Gold has superb heat reflecting properties.
That would give them 4 times the sponsorship of some other teams and maybe see them not go broke and be able to develop the car. Why not do it? If the sponsors get the exposure more will come and surely that is what is needed. Only the traditionalists would worry if the team cars ran in different liveries.. John
While you make a valid point, that's specifically outlawed in the sporting regulations. Each team can only run one 'livery'. IIRC, it was my man Eddie Jordan who did a 'half & half' car many years back. I'll try and find some pix. Cheers, Ian
Not the greatest pic, and it didn't last long (I think it was Mad Max who was particularly pissed, but you get the idea.....) Image Unavailable, Please Login
Latest on Haas after test 1 - Haas has long list of things to fix after its F1 testing debut By Lawrence Barretto Thursday, February 25th 2016, 19:20 GMT Haas has long list of things to fix after its F1 testing debut - F1 news - AUTOSPORT.com Gunther Steiner is surprised by the amount of running Haas has done in the first Formula 1 pre-season test but admits it still has a long list of problems to fix. The American newcomer completed 281 laps over the course of the four days, more than McLaren and Manor but around 400 shy of Mercedes. Romain Grosjean encountered a front wing failure on the first day, while on Friday Esteban Gutierrez had a brake problem and then had his day cut short by electronics issues when the team was planning a soft-tyre run to set a quick laptime. But the Mexican did manage to complete the team's first race simulation, giving it a chance to practice live pit stops. How do you build an F1 team? "We are pretty happy with progress of testing," said team principal Steiner. "We didn't anticipate we could get all this running done this week. "To do a whole race distance was pretty cool so that gives a good feeling. "We would have liked to put a fast lap in at the end but we ran out of time because we had the electronics issues. "We expected more problems or to run less." Steiner said Haas has plenty of work to do but is confident the outfit is on top of everything. "The list is pretty long what we have to fix and we are working on it," he said. "There are trucks leaving this evening to fix stuff. "We have got a solution for most of the problems. It's just time, it's the biggest issue to fix it all in time. "But it's not like we're worried about how to fix it. We're in good shape on that one." Haas already has its second chassis at Barcelona and plans to put mileage on it in next week's test ahead of the opening race in Melbourne.
+1 The guy certainly seems to know what he's up to rather than being completely out of his depth as was expected by many. Me included TBH. Good luck to 'em, Cheers, Ian
