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Haas bounces again from “shock” opening race, however F1 automobile issues not solved
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Haas bounces again from “shock” opening race, however F1 automobile issues not solved

By Miles Cooper March 24, 2025
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Haas Method 1 boss Ayao Komatsu has hailed the “superb response” from his workforce to get well from a disastrous Australian weekend and obtain a double top-10 Chinese language Grand Prix end.

Esteban Ocon completed seventh at Shanghai, whereas Oliver Bearman made essentially the most of an alternate tyre technique to achieve tenth from seventeenth on the grid.

This was in distinction to Haas’ Australian struggles, the place the workforce appeared to have the slowest automobile and its racers solely completed thirteenth and 14th after a number of drivers crashed out forward of them.

“It was an incredible response from the entire workforce,” Komatsu instructed F1 TV of the response.

“Australia was a shock to us, not one thing we have been anticipating based mostly on Bahrain testing – however, man, what a response.

“All people – individuals in Italy, the UK, US, and trackside, working collectively throughout the house of a number of days… Truthfully I am so proud of the way in which we have been working since that shock to get the consequence right here.

“Everybody has a failure, proper? However failure should not outline you. What defines you is the way you rise up from that failure – and I feel as an entire workforce we confirmed that.”

In Australia, Haas found a basic aerodynamic flaw within the VF-25 that hadn’t manifested itself in Bahrain testing due to that circuit’s traits, the place gradual and medium-speed corners predominate. The high-load corners at Albert Park provoked bouncing, which pressured the workforce to compromise its set-up.

The Shanghai circuit dates from the identical period of observe architect Hermann Tilke’s considering as Bahrain: most corners are gradual or medium-speed, with camber adjustments thrown in to attempt to provoke errors. Cynics within the mid-2000s, when these tracks have been constructed, believed the paucity of quick corners was a deliberate tactic to gradual the vehicles down and make the sponsor decals extra seen.

Haas bounces again from “shock” opening race, however F1 automobile issues not solved

Lance Stroll, Aston Martin Racing, Oliver Bearman, Haas F1 Crew

Picture by: Simon Galloway / Motorsport Photographs

This weekend Ocon certified eleventh, lacking Q3 by simply 0.03 seconds, then handed Alex Albon’s Williams initially to run tenth early on. Pitting for the arduous tyres on the finish of lap 11 then entailed a protracted second stint to make a one-stop technique work, nevertheless it enabled him to undercut the Mercedes of Andrea Kimi Antonelli.

Bearman was eradicated in Q1 so the workforce opted to start out him on the hitherto untried hard-compound Pirellis from seventeenth on the grid. He pitted on the finish of lap 26 and fed out again in seventeenth place, and needed to stability pushing to take advantage of the higher theoretical efficiency of the mediums with making them final one other 30 laps.

“I wasn’t anticipating to do a one-stop, I used to be fairly shocked once we went on to mediums,” Bearman instructed Sky Sports activities F1.

However Komatsu has cautioned this rebound is prone to be circuit-specific, for the reason that automobile’s aerodynamic points have but to be resolved. If they’re ‘baked in’ to the VF-25’s traits, then the workforce’s season is prone to be outlined by having to safe most achieve at tracks that flatter the automobile.

“I am not kidding myself to say we solved the issue – we have not,” stated Komatsu.

“So sure circuits we go to, we’re nonetheless gonna have an enormous drawback – however, once we can function the automobile in the way in which we would like, due to the circuit traits, that is what we are able to do. We delivered immediately.”

Bearman added: “It’s the kind of observe which on paper is sweet for our automobile. It’s very clean, not many bumps, and that’s what we’re searching for in the intervening time. We’d clean all the opposite ones if we are able to…”

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