The 2024 Formula 1 season will be the first time the Haas team has been led by anyone other than Guenther Steiner.
During its first eight years F1’s newest team has pulled off shock results and endured seasons of deep disappointment; it has clashed with sponsors and seen one of its drivers climb out of an inferno.
Without Steiner at the helm, Haas will feel like a very different team.
2016
Haas could hardly have hoped for a better start to life in Formula 1. Romain Grosjean took sixth place on their debut in Australia.
Team owner Gene Haas was present to join the celebrations.
Incredibly, Grosjean went one better at the next race, taking fifth in Bahrain.
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They couldn’t sustain that form over the whole season. Grosjean scored their final point of the year in Austin – team mate Esteban Gutierrez never troubling the scorers – which secured eighth in the championship for the new team.
2017
Kevin Magnussen replaced Gutierrez for 2017 and scored on his second start for them in Shanghai.
Grosjean couldn’t repeat their 2016 high of fifth place, but came in sixth in Austria, a track where the team has tended to go well.
Captain Steiner could be pleased with their efforts in their second season as they repeated their eighth place finish in the standings.
2018
Haas’ third season started ominously – both drivers retired within moments of each other due to problems with their wheel nuts during pit stops.
Fifth place for Magnussen at the next race in Bahrain swiftly erased those memories. It proved the beginning of their best season to date.
The Spanish Grand Prix was a bittersweet affair. Magnussen took sixth but Grosjean’s car returned to the pits on a flatbed truck after he caused a first-lap pile-up.
Grosjean redeemed himself in Austria, leading Haas’ best result to date: fourth and fifth places.
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Grosjean and Steiner had more to smile about during 2018 as the team moved into the top half of the championship table.
More points at the season finale meant Haas ended the year with 93 points and fifth in the constructors championship.
2019
The team had a new look for 2019 after attracting sponsorship from an energy drink brand. But the deal – and their season – soon turned sour.
Sixth place for Magnussen in the season opener proved a false dawn. The team was frequently mystified by how their car treated its tyres over a race distance, and points proved hard to come…
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