The Haas F1 team have had a good start to the season and sit seventh in the Constructors’ Championship heading into their home round in Miami. Dominic Haynes, the US team’s chief race engineer, confirmed in an interview with the championship’s official website that everyone at Haas has a combative and positive attitude, and they expect Nico Hulkenberg and Kevin Magnussen to also be able to perform decently. competitive this weekend.
“In the winter off-season, after all the work in the wind tunnel, we knew how much we could improve,” Haynes said. “I think last year you could see that we were quite fast in qualifying but fell behind in the race distance. So now we knew for sure what results to expect in qualifying, but we didn’t quite know where we would finish in the race.
During the winter we made great efforts to solve the problems that plagued us on Sunday. And in my opinion we have now reached a level where we can hold the Grand Prix very well and maintain a pace comparable to qualifying. This made a very positive impression on the team.
We may not show the best results, but during the races we act quite effectively. Our riders have been doing really great since the beginning of this year. They understand what we want to achieve and help the team enormously. Nico and Kevin work well together and it makes life easier for everyone.
We have a small team and during the championship we far exceed our own capabilities because everyone gives 100%. For us, this is not just a job: people are largely motivated by the desire to show good results in races. Without this, they would have found another activity for themselves, because there are much easier ways to make money than Formula 1.
My job in particular is to collect all the information from the different teams after each phase, analyze it and ensure that no major problems go unnoticed.
The weekend program in Miami includes sprints and I think we know where we stand compared to our competitors. It’s not easy to beat the top teams unless something strange happens on the track, so we’re unlikely to score points in the sprint. But in Sunday’s race we have a chance.
We compete with Alpine, with Sauber and with the guys competing for positions at the bottom of the top ten. If we act correctly and do what we have to do, we will get this opportunity. That’s why our expectations are at a fairly high level, we hope we can earn a few points.”
Source: F1 News
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