Haas’s new car for the 2022 Formula 1 season will not look exactly the same as the renderings they revealed on Friday, team principal Guenther Steiner confirmed.
The images of the VF-22 presented today are understood to reflect the car at an earlier stage in its design process. Testing will begin at the Circuit de Catalunya near Barcelona on February 23rd.
“I think how different it looks in Barcelona you will see in two weeks,” said Steiner. “It will be a little bit different, obviously. We are not saying now that it is exactly the same.”
The renderings revealed today represent “a stage of development”, said Steiner. “We don’t want to define it but it’s going in that direction.”
However he said the car which runs in testing will bear a close resemblance to that used for the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix next month. “In the moment between the test and the race we will not have a lot of changes planned for the moment.”
Steiner said he is prepared for a…