Teams come and go in Formula 1, often being taken over or sold for various reasons. For example, Aston Martin and Alpine entered the sport in 2021 as a rebrand of Racing Point and Renault respectively. 2026 will see another takeover in F1, as Sauber, currently known as Alfa Romeo, will transition into Audi as
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Haas team principal Guenther Steiner has agreed with Mercedes reserve driver Mick Schumacher, who stated that young drivers nowadays aren’t given enough time to develop in Formula 1. Mercedes’ newest signing made the comment following his disappointing departure from Haas, after an eventful two-year spell was brought to an end. The American side opted not
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With the financial effects of the COVID pandemic having a major effect on Formula 1 teams going into the 2021 season, Haas decided to focus their attention on planning for the major regulation changes in 2022. The American team barely developed their car in favour of using resources on planning for the following season and
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Haas team principal Guenther Steiner has praised Kevin Magnussen for his excellent 2022 campaign, one which saw the American side return to the points after a forgettable 2021 season. The American outfit took a huge gamble in 2021, by opting to effectively use their 2020 car in order to fully focus on the new aerodynamic
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Nico Hulkenberg is spending the winter break preparing for his big comeback to Formula 1, with the German forming an incredibly experienced partnership next season at Haas with Kevin Magnussen. The German is a veteran of the sport, with 181 starts to his name and one pole position; however, he’s never stepped foot on the
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Four-time World Champion Sebastian Vettel has made yet further comments on the future of Mick Schumacher, who was dropped by Haas at the end of 2022 in favour of Nico Hulkenberg. The American’s handling of Schumacher has already been questioned several times; however, Vettel has since added that the outfit wasn’t a “good environment” for the 2020 F2 World
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Haas decided to opt for experience over potential in 2023 by replacing Mick Schumacher, who has been with the team for two years, with 35-year-old Nico Hulkenberg. The team’s experiment in 2021 of appointing two rookies in the form of Schumacher and Nikita Mazepin was somewhat of a failure, as the youngsters inconstancy and tendency
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Kevin Magnussen’s returning year to Formula 1 was largely a successful one, with the Danish driver having finished ahead of now ex-team-mate Mick Schumacher in 2022. Magnussen was brought back into Haas only a matter of days before the start of the 2022 F1 season, after Nikita Mazepin was dropped from the team following the start of
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Mick Schumacher’s inconsistency ended up being his downfall in 2022, as the highs of his P6 finish at the Red Bull Ring were often matched by the lows of the expensive crashes in Monaco. Gene Haas and team principal Guenther Steiner have both suggested that an inexperienced driver such as Schumacher ends up being too
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Haas have had the start to the new era of Formula 1 that they would have wanted, having essential sacrificed their 2021 season to focus on developing their car for 2022, where major regulation changes came into play. The team finished eighth overall in the championship standing, ahead of AlphaTauri and Williams, and even reached
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