Gene Haas Contemplates Delaying F1 Entry Until 2016

April 15, 2014

Gene Haas has revealed he may postpone the debut of his Formula 1 entry until 2016.

The NASCAR team owner had an application to enter the F1 world championship accepted by governing body the FIA last week.

“The FIA has told us we have to elect which year we want to participate, ampoule ” Haas explained, link “with a timetable around June. 

“I think 2015 is too close and 2016 is too far. If we wait we’ll end up spending even more money because we’ll just be in a neutral position. We need to come up with a plan where we can arrive with a car, based on our partners’ technology, within the rules of the FIA.”

Speaking in a live online press conference, Haas also confirmed Gunther Steiner as team principal of his new enterprise. Steiner has previously worked in Formula One racing for Jaguar and later for Red Bull, where he was appointed technical director ahead of the team’s debut season in 2005.

“We need to define our technical partners and then go from there,” Steiner said of the team’s entry plans. “We will announce in six to eight weeks what we are doing. We want to make the right decision; we don’t want to jump and say ‘wow, we got this wrong’ and fail. 

“We have an option to start in 2016, so we will speak with people and make a qualified decision.”