• R05@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    They sacrificed 2021 for the new regs in 2022 as well, see where that got them.

    Sadly the owners don’t seem interested in funding the team in a way that will allow them to ever seriously compete in F1. People seem to like to shut on Steiner for this, but I think he is just managing with the tools he has.

    I was optimistic when Haas joined. Their model of sourcing as much as possible from Ferrari looked like a good idea to start a team and built from there. But they never seemed to have the funding/ambition to evolve to a serious top team.

    Really sad to see the only American team is not taking it serious, and it’s not making it easier for newer teams (ie Andretti) to get the nod of approval.

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      1 year ago

      I mean, sacrificing 21 led them leap Williams and AT in 22, and they have a genuinely decent car at the start of the 22 season. But as you say, Gene Haas unfortunately seems to be satisfied with the cars being little more than rolling billboards…