

Both drivers will split duty on the final day of testing. Magnussen will get behind the wheel on the first day, with Grosjean taking over the following day.

Haas will reveal the real car in Barcelona on Wednesday, February 19, one hour before winter testing begins. As always in testing, you want many things, but lots of mileage, reliability and speed would be welcomed as we ready ourselves for the first race in Australia.” I’m looking forward to seeing the VF-20 make its track debut. The Danish driver was rehired Wednesday by Haas F1 to replace Russian driver Nikita Mazepin, who was fired over the weekend following Russias invasion of Ukraine. Everybody at the team was forced to look at themselves and understand what they can do better. Last year was definitely a set-back, one I would never have asked for, but you learn from such situations – we all have. Grosjean in his ninth full F1 campaign - joined Haas at the very beginning in 2016, racing alongside Esteban Gutierrez, and scoring points in their first race in Australia as they went on. With the regulations remaining stable into this season, it’s allowed us to improve our understanding of the car and to scrutinize ourselves more in order to find solutions and applications to channel into the design of the VF-20. Haas will run an all-new line-up in 2021 after Romain Grosjean and Kevin Magnussen revealed they are leaving the American team at the end of the season. “It’s always exciting to see the development of a new Formula One car and undoubtedly the VF-20 has to deliver where our previous car didn’t. Steiner, who became somewhat of a star during 2019 for his appearance in the Netflix series, is hopeful this year’s car will do what last year’s couldn’t: be competitive.
