(Haas F1 Team via Twitter)
The new Haas F1 Team’s preparations to enter the sport next season
are well and truly underway according to Team Principal Guenther Steiner.
The American
team have a base in Europe having purchased the Marussia F1 Team’s factory in
Banbury, Oxfordshire.
Steiner has quashed speculation that team founder Gene Haas
is set to rescue the Marussia Formula One Team saying that their plans for
their own car are progressing and that the team hope to move into their UK
facility by the end of the month and that they should be in a position to name
their chief designer in the near future.
Steiner has also revealed that the team have so far employed
50 people to the team and that they are working extremely closely with
technical partner Ferrari. The former Jaguar Racing and Red Bull Technical
Director has also made it perfectly clear that his team will not run their car
early and they will test it for the first time in January next year.
It has been reported today that NASCAR star Jeff Gordon who
has announced that this season will be his last in the sport could be a
possible driver for the Haas F1 Team but Steiner is adamant that they are not thinking
about their driver line up at this point.
Gene Haas stated last year that although it would be nice to
have at least one American driver in the team next season it is not essential
that this happens but former Marussia F1 Team test and reserve driver Alexander
Rossi has confirmed that he is interested in the Haas F1 Team project. Guenther
Steiner has confirmed that although the team have bought the Marussia HQ they
did NOT purchase any of the intellectual property from the outfit.
© Ben Johnston 2015
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