Haas Team Biography

The founder of the Hass F1 Team is Gene Haas, who owns Haas Automation. Haas F1 Team entered Formula One in 2014 following the demise of the Marussia F1 team. Haas purchased the Marussia team's Banbury headquarters. They will use it as a base for their racing operations. In December 2015, Haas showed its F1 car. They did this before the official pre-season testing in Barcelona. Haas partnered with Italian monocoque manufacturer Dallara to build the chassis. The team also chose to use Ferrari power units. Guenther Steiner, who used to work for Jaguar and Red Bull Racing, is now the team principal. Haas confirmed that its new car passed the mandatory FIA crash tests in January 2016. In 2016 Haas was the first US team to race since Penske in the 1970s. The team has its base in Kannapolis, North Carolina.

Romain Grosjean and Esteban Gutierrez became the team's first drivers. In the team's debut at the opening Australian Grand Prix, Grosjean finished 6th, scoring 8 points for the team. Hass made history by scoring points in its first F1 race, becoming the first American constructor to do so. Additionally, it became the first team since Toyota Racing in 2002 to earn points in its debut. Another impressive race came in Bahrain, where Grosjean finished 5th. Yet, the team fell out of rhythm for the rest of the season, scoring points in 3 more races. Grosjean scored all 29 points in the team's debut season. The team finished the season in 8th place in the constructors' championship. That was an astonishing result compared to the teams that finished behind them, such as Renault and Sauber, who had a great history in F1.

Driving alongside Grosjean in 2017 was Danish driver Kevin Magnussen, who replaced Esteban Gutiérrez. In the first Grand Prix of the season, the team scored its best-ever qualifying, with Grosjean leading the VF-17 to 6th place. However, both cars retired due to mechanical failures during the race. The second race weekend proved better for the team, with Magnussen finishing eighth. Haas also scored its first points since the 2016 US Grand Prix, where Grosjean finished 10th. At the Monaco Grand Prix, the Haas drivers scored double points, with Grosjean and Magnussen finishing 8th and 10th. The 2017 season was not as successful as the team's first season. VF-17 failed to finish eight races and didn't get a better position at the end of the race than 5th from the previous season. Overall, they finished 8th in the 2017 F1 Constructors' Championship, the same as in 2016. The big difference is that they scored 18 more points than in 2016. 

The 2018 season was the strongest yet for Haas in Formula 1. However, it was not without controversy even before the season started. Other teams called for an investigation due to the VF-18's similarity to Ferrari's from the previous year. At the Australian Grand Prix, Haas had their best-ever starting positions. Magnussen started 5th and Grosjean started 6th. In the race, they were in 4th and 5th place, which could have been their best result ever. But at the pit stop, the crew forgot to tighten the wheels on both cars. As a result, both drivers had to quit the race. In Austria, they managed to finish 4th and 5th, which allowed them to score more points than they did in the 2017 season after nine races. At the Singapore Grand Prix, Magnussen scored Haas' first-ever fastest lap. The team had its best season in 2018. Grosjean and Magnussen scored 93 points and put Haas in 5th place in the Constructors' World Championship.

For the 2019 season, Haas set the very ambitious goal of finishing 4th in the constructors' championship with the same driver line-up. They wanted their first team title sponsor, Rich Energy, to help them reach their goal. Their new VF-19 car showed remarkable pace in qualifying, but Haas had a problem managing the car over the distance of the entire race. The Austrian Grand Prix was a perfect reflection of the problem. In Austria, Kevin Magnussen finished 5th in the qualifying session but finished the race in 19th position. Rich Energy's Twitter account said they will stop sponsoring because of bad performance. It happened just four days before the British Grand Prix in July. Rich Energy shareholders and the team later denied the tweet information and stated that the tweet was the result of a 'rogue' individual. However, Haas decided to end the sponsorship deal. 

At the German Grand Prix, the team achieved its best result, being classified 7th and 8th after penalties to other drivers. The team's drivers have only managed to finish in the points positions seven times in 2019. Haas finished the season 9th in the constructors' championship with 28 points, the team's worst finish since 2016. Haas kept an unchanged line-up of Grosjean and Magnussen for the 2020 season. In the 2020 Formula 1 World Championship, Haas got three points. Magnussen finished 9th in Hungary, but got a time penalty that would have made him 10th. Grosjean finished 9th in the Eifel Grand Prix. They will not score any more points. The team finished 9th in the Constructors' Championship, scoring the fewest points in the team's history.

On 22 October 2020, the team announced that both Grosjean and Magnussen were leaving Haas after the end of this season. The team brought in Russian Nikita Mazepin and Mick Schumacher, who won the 2020 Formula 2 championship. Mick Schumacher is the son of Michael Schumacher, a seven-time Formula 1 world champion. To survive, the team decided to put the development of the 2021 car on hold instead of focusing resources on the 2022 car. Haas has a new sponsor, Uralkali. Uralkali makes fertilizers and Mazepin's dad owns a lot of it. A Russian company sponsored the team. They included the Russian flag in their paint scheme for 2021. Steiner denied that this was to avoid the World Anti-Doping Agency's ban on Russian flag usage. At the Bahrain Grand Prix, Mazepin crashed out of the track on the first lap. Schumacher finished 16th in his debut, the last of all the cars competing. Haas was the only team not to score a single point in the constructors' championship.

After Russia invaded Ukraine, Haas removed the branding of its Russian sponsor, Uralkali, from its cars. They also took off the colors of the Russian flag. The team quickly ended its sponsorship deal with Uralkali and driver Nikita Mazepin on 5 March. Kevin Magnussen, who had driven for the team from 2017 to 2020, was announced as his replacement. Haas' decision to focus on building the VF-22 for the entire 2021 season made the car competitive among mid-range teams. With Magnussen's return, Haas scored points in the two season-opening races in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia with Magnussen. Haas scored double points in the 2022 British Grand Prix, Magnussen finished 10th and Schumacher 8th. Next race, at the 2022 Austrian Grand Prix, Magnussen finished 8th and Schumacher 6th. Haas finished in 7th place in the Constructors' Championship after getting double points in Hungary.

Haas has signed a title sponsorship agreement with MoneyGram for the 2023 season and beyond.