Haas has showcased its special home-feel F1 livery for US GP as per the tradition it has held for several seasons now.
The tradition of having a special home race livery for Haas will continue for the 2024 US GP at Circuit of the Americas after it revealed the added colours of the American flag on its car. The logos of Toyota GAZOO Racing and Orion180 also features on the VF-24.
The team is also to bring updates to the car and it will look slightly different in some parts. The gains expected is in small number but the tight midfield means, any tenth is useful. This update is in-line with the evolution of its current package.
Andrea De Zordo, Technical Director: “In Austin we’re bringing our main update for the final part of the season which will mainly involve another step of development in the floor and bodywork. The target, as always, will be to improve aero load in order to make the car faster. It’s difficult to be making a big step in lap time, so we’re speaking about small numbers, but in the tight midfield fight everything is an important step, and we hope to deliver. This is a development and further evolution of our package, not something new although the car will look a bit different.
“The Circuit of The Americas is quite a demanding track on cars, on tires and also for the driver as historically, it’s been a very bumpy track. Last year we didn’t score a point, but it was a decent race for us and I think it should be a good race for us again. We’re fighting for P6 and that’s a very nice feeling. We really need to put everything in we can to achieve that because it would be amazing for everyone at this team who’s put so much work into making this season a success.”
Nico Hulkenberg: “The United States Grand Prix is definitely one of the highlight races of the year for us; we have a lot of American partners, and of course our home fans. It’s a race where the fans are very knowledgeable about F1 and it’s really motivating to see the support of more than 400,000 people during the weekend. We have another update to bring this race and it’s a Sprint weekend, so every lap will count out on track.”
Kevin Magnussen: “I’m looking forward to our home race, obviously it’s a big race for us, and one where there’s some extra keenness to do well. COTA is a great track and it has some of the biggest crowds of the year, it’s a massive event. We’ve had good and bad races there, but hopefully we should be pretty strong this year as it’s a medium-downforce track, and that tends to suit us. I’ve had some good battles there in the past and I’m hoping to score points.”
Here’s the race suits: https://x.com/HaasF1Team/status/1845857201027694880
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[Note: The story is as per press release]