The last two days of pre-season tests showed an excellent performance of the Haas, author of the fastest lap on Friday with Kevin Magnussen and a close second with Mick Schumacher last Saturday. Two results which, regardless of the importance of timing in this context, have nevertheless highlighted one VF-22 which seems to have a completely different potential from that of last season, which closed at the bottom of the world championship standings at 0 points. A change dictated not only by the study on the project for the new 2022 single-seater, which began earlier than any other competitor, but also by the precious contribution of Ferrari. In fact, near the headquarters of the Scuderia di Maranello – which continues to supply the engine and gearbox to the American team – there is an independent structure dedicated to the Haas, where part of the staff redundant from Prancing Horse.
In this regard, many rivals the Red in fact, they noticed a certain similarity between the performances of Ferrari and those of the US team, starting with the McLaren team principal Andreas Seidl. The German engineer, as reported by the news agency specializing in motorsport GMMis not in fact calm about the potential of the VF-22, the result of a possible technical partnership between the team of Gene Haas and the Italian manufacturer: “I can’t speak specifically about Haas and Ferrari – has explained – but it is no secret that, in general, these relationships can exist within regulations. The way they are in place at the moment is cause for concern“. The former F1 driver is even more explicit Christian Danner: “It is a copy of Ferrariand moves them from the bottom to the center of the group, which is a huge huge leap in quality ”.
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