Haas F1 warns it hasn’t “solved the problem” despite double points in China

A strong result in China doesn't mean Haas is out o▨f the woods yet.

Esteban Ocon, Haas
Esteban Ocon, Haas
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Aya🌳o Komatsu insists Haas is yet to solve the problem t♌hat plagued its performance in Australia, despite coming away with double points in last weekend’s Chinese Grand Prix.

The American squad made a shocking start to the 2025 Formula 1 season in Melbourne, with 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Esteban Ocon and 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Oliver Bearman finishing near 🐻the bottom of the order in both qualifying and the race.

However, it took just one week for Haas to bounce back from that disastrous outing, wওith Ocon crossing the finish line in seventh place in Shanghai and rookie Bearman picking up the final championship poin🅷t in 10th.

Disqualifications for F💛errari drivers Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton promoted Ocon to fifth and Bearman to eighth, helping Haas secure its best points haul in an F1 race since the 2022 Austrian Grand Prix.

While naturally jubilant after the result, Haas team principal 🐎Komatsu warned that the squad is yꦰet to fix the root cause of the issue that impacted its performance in the Australian GP.

As such, Komatsu expects🦩 Haas’ race results to vary from track to track.

“It's not going to be like thꦇis [like China] at every circuit,” he said in F1’s official post-race show.

“I'm not kidding myself to say we have solved the p𒊎roblem. We haven't. So certain circuits we go to, we are stiꦇll going to have a problem.

“Bu🐼t when we can operate the car in the way that we want, thanks to the circuit characteris𓃲tics, this is what we can do.”

"Amazing reaction" from Haas

The Chinese GP marked Haas’ first top-five finish in F1 since 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Kevin Magnussen finished fifth in the 2022 season opener i♛n Bahrain.

The result also elevated it to sixth in the constructors' championship, just three points behind fifth-placed Ferrari.

Komatsu praised Haas for its epic turnaround in China, saying the entire team spread across the UK, the US and Italy came t𝓡ogether to recover from the “shock” it received in Australia.

“It's an amazing reaction from the whole team,” he said. Australia was 🌞a shock to u💛s, it was not something we were expecting based on Bahrain testing, but what a reaction.

“Everybody, people in Italy, thꦏe UK, the US and trackside working together within a space of seven days. And honestly, I'm so happy with the way we have been working since 🍨that shock to get that result here.

“It means so much. I'm so happy with everyone's reaction. Everyone has a failure but failure shouldn't define you. What defines you is how you get up from that failure and I think that the whole team showed we are a proper race te🧸am. I'm so♔ happy for everyone.”

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