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- For the second time in a row, the America-based Haas F1 team is the last in the Formula 1 constructors’ championship.
- The six-year-old F1 team received an infusion of new capital in 2021 with the addition of Uralkali sponsorship. Uralkali is a Russian potash fertilizer giant and is run by Dimtry Mazepin, father of Haas driver Nikita Mazepin.
- Haas drivers Mick Schumacher and Nikita Mazepin are both newcomers to the series and signed for 2022.
Team boss Günther Steiner plays down suggestions that the Haas F1 team project in Formula 1 could come to an end.
The American F1 team only started the 2021 season with a new driver line-up, Dmitry Mazepin’s sponsorship injection and additional support from Ferrari. Haas is stepping on the water in 2021 by focusing solely on developing a brand new car for next year, but Chef Steiner denied the team might not make it by 2022 at all.
Haas F1 team boss Günther Steiner
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“I think I can say the team is safe,” he told the Australian GP podcast “In The Fast Lane”. “We’re fine. We have a long-term commitment from Mr. (Gene) Haas to Formula One, our finances are good, we’ve found ways to cross that bridge so I’m really happy with this one.”
The team is the last in the Formula 1 classification at the beginning of this season, having finished for the last time in 2020. Now, in its sixth season, the team has not yet reached a single podium in this sport.
According to Steiner, Haas has been working on the 2022 car since the beginning of February and is convinced that the team will pull out of the last rows on the grid.
“We have people who are seconded from Ferrari – seconded on a long-term basis, of course – and that gives me the confidence, because otherwise how can you be confident if you are like last year?” he said. “We’ve made a lot of changes and we’ve already rebuilt the entire team – they’re already working.”
For 2021, Steiner said Haas will not measure the success of the season by points, but “by the progress these guys are making”.
It refers to the rookies Mick Schumacher and Nikita Mazepin, who are already under contract for 2022.
“There will be some failures,” said Steiner. “I mean, personally, on a Sunday night when you get 15th and 16th, you don’t have the best Sunday night. But you just have to stay focused, believe in the team and yourself, and it’s only 10.” Months until then go anyway. “
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