Haas F1 Team had high hopes for the 2022 season after Gene Haas and Gunther Steiner deliberately decided to sacrifice last year to focus on building a car as fast as possible under the new rules, looking to make a significant leap forward. the middle area of the grill.
However, in early pre-season testing, the VF-22 did not appear to be a very competitive single-seater, nor did it look reliable. In addition, the team ran into another problem being almost forced to terminate the opposition with their main sponsor Uralkali , who were financially supporting Nikita Mazepin, who eventually left the team as well.
But not everything has been there, since another unforeseen event has affected Haas . While all the other teams were traveling to Bahrain last Monday, Haas had to postpone his flight.
According to AMuS , the plane in which the American team was to transport all their material broke down and was unable to take off from Istanbul airport, with all the Haas equipment waiting in London.
Of course, having a relatively large time margin, this has allowed them to organize themselves again to try to get to the Sakhir tests on time, however, for some reason, the team decided to change all their plans, transport everything in a truck to Leipzig and from there fly to Bahrain.
After these modifications and despite the fact that the pre-season tests in Bahrain will be held from March 10 to 12, Haas has recognized that they may not arrive on time.
“We could cancel the first day of testing,” Günther Steiner told the German publication. “All other teams will have a two-day head start in preparation for these test sessions.”
However, and according to what has been reported by Motorsport.com, Haas assured that it would arrive in Bahrain during the day on Tuesday, so if so, they should not have a major problem configuring the VF-22 and going out on the track in all and each of the last three days of testing.
Pietro Fittipaldi, the team’s reserve driver, will be alongside Mick Schumacher, and will be in charge of getting behind the wheel of the Haas team car, whose design is still unknown.
