It is not a particularly fortunate period that the Haas team is going through. After the well-known events that led to the conclusion of the contract with Nikita Mazepin and the loss of the main Russian sponsor Uralkali, the team received another unpleasant news.
The cargo plane that was supposed to transport the US team’s equipment to Bahrain was blocked by a technical failure while it was in Istanbul airport.
Mick Schumacher, Haas VF-22, in the pit lane
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The aircraft was expected yesterday at Doncaster-Sheffield airport, as confirmed by the AMuS website, where the cars and cases prepared by the Haas team are located with everything needed for the tests that will start on Thursday and for the first two seasonal races . In the original plans, the material was due to arrive in Bahrain this evening.
The unexpected could affect the start of the tests, given the time it takes to prepare everything you need to be on the track. A tile for Haas, which in the Barcelona tests had been the team with the lowest mileage over the three days, with only 160 laps completed against Ferrari’s 439.
If all goes well, Haas should be able to have the material available at Manama-Bahrain airport tomorrow evening, and according to team principal Gunther Steiner there is a risk that the team may be forced to cancel. the first day of testing.
A scenario that the team hopes to avoid, but should it be forced to a forced stop it is likely that Haas will be allowed to make up for the lost day of testing the day after the official end of the tests, that is Sunday 13.
Haas F1 team truck in the paddock
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