In the round-up: Haas will not develop the VF-22 any further after bringing a final set of upgrades to the Hungarian Grand Prix.
In brief
Haas to stop development after Hungary upgrade package
Haas team principal Günther Steiner says they will switch to working on their 2023 car after the Hungarian Grand Prix, with no upgrades planned following the summer break.
“We are bringing upgrades, which are developments, in Hungary,” said Steiner. “And then we finish it there.
“We think we’ll finish it there because we need to start to focus on next year because there is much more gain in that than keeping on pushing it, putting money into this year.”
Latifi will run upgrade package from French Grand Prix
Nicholas Latifi‘s car will receive the same upgrade package that has been tested on team mate Alex Albon‘s since Silverstone, from this weekend onwards.
“Having introduced some new parts to Alex’s car over the last couple of races, we are now in a position where both cars can run with the upgrades,” explained head of vehicle performance Dave Robson. “Although the weather in Silverstone and the sprint format in Austria were not ideal for testing, we have seen enough encouraging feedback to be confident that we have taken a step forward.”
Latifi said he is “super excited to get to France because it’s the first race where I’m going to have the upgrade package”. “We’ve seen some positive signs from it on Alex’s car so far, so I’m looking forward to getting my first taste.
“Hopefully it can bring us that extra bit of relative pace that we’ve missed and put us more in the fight.”
Latifi is the only driver who has started every race this year but remains yet to score a point.
Mortara “extremely lucky” in New York downpour
Edoardo Mortara was relieved to come away with a point score in the opening Formula E race in New York last weekend after aquaplaning off in a heavy downpour. He took fifth on the road but fell to ninth in the final classification after taking a five-second time penalty for driving too quickly during a full-course yellow period.
The Venturi racer was poised to strike when the downpour brought the race to an abrupt and early end. “I spent the first half saving quite a lot of energy so we could spend more in the final laps and I think the strategy worked very well,” Mortara explained. I made up a lot of ground in my final Attack Mode and I think that if the race had stayed dry, we might have caught the cars…
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