Haas set to roll out new car in Barcelona

Formula One debutants waiting for the first pre-season test in Feb

LONDON: Formula One debutants Haas are on schedule to roll out their new car at the first test in Barcelona next February and are hoping to challenge for points in the opening race, according to team principal Guenther Steiner.

Haas, the first US owned team in the sport since 1986, will be using a car built in Italy by chassis maker Dallara with Ferrari engines and technical support. Experienced Frenchman Romain Grosjean and Mexican Esteban Gutierrez have been signed as drivers.

“It’s only 10 weeks [until the test], which is not a lot, but the work is going according to plan,” Steiner told Sky Sports television at the team’s Banbury base in central England.



He ruled out a launch before the team arrives in Spain for testing. “We will roll it out hopefully the day before the testing starts,” said Steiner.

Formula One has two pre-season tests in Barcelona with the first starting on February 22.

Published in The Express Tribune, December 20^th, 2015.

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