Haas are F1’s surprise package of the first three round🍸s of the 2024 season.

The US-based team claimed a double points finish at the F1 Australian Grand Prix with 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Nico Hulkenberg ninth and 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Kevin Magnussen 10th.

Haas finished bottom of the constructors’ championship last season and appeare൩d in disarray when popular team boss Guent🔯her Steiner left his job, claiming the owner did not want to invest in their improvement.

It means back-to-back unexpected poꦇin🧔ts finishes for Haas after Hulkenberg was 10th in Saudi Arabia.

Hulkenberg was asked if he predicted Haas’ excellent Australia weekend: “I don’t tܫhink we could say with confiden🌊ce.

“But on Friday the car felt better on high fuel on long runs, than it did with low fuel. That’s different to last yea🐻r, and positive.

“A clean race, a few fights here and therไe. The fir💦st VSC helped my case.

“Good pit stops, good strategy and execution by the team📖. With Ge🧸orge Russell’s crash, a double points finish, pretty good.”

Hulkenberg pinpointed the crucial facto🃏ry: “We did a lot of work on the aero side.

“Changed the aero characteristic. It’s much better this year, and allows us to manage the tyres b💟etter in the race. That’s the key.”

Ayao Komatsu took over from Steiner as team principal, representing a pivot ꦅfrom a bꦰusiness brain to an engineering focus.

A beaming Komatsu said 💮in Australia: “It’s amazing, two💙 races in a row. A whole team effort. The boys did an amazing job.

“If I’m honest, our race operaᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚtion was not perfect. We could have done much better. But honestly I am so happy."

Komatsu said their sole error was: “Kevin’s first pit stop. That 🐓strategy🌠 wasn’t right. Same as Bahrain, we can’t keep making those mistakes.”

Sky Sp꧒orts’ Karun Chandhok insists that the first two rounds of the 2024 season hinted at Haas’ progress.

“I wouldn’🍌t🦩 say surprised,” Chandhok reacted to their brilliant Australia result.

“They had good race pace in the first two races.

“I am real♛ly happy for Komatsu. Steiner is a huge character with big shoes to fill.

“W♌hen Komatsu was announced asಌ the new team principal there was a collective groan across the paddock, like ‘that’s an underwhelming choice’.

“But peo𝓰ple underestim📖ated him. A) he’s passionate B) he’s engineer-driven in his decisions.

“I met him when he worked with Anthony Davi𒅌dson in 2001.

“He’s changed the mind🌳set in that team, and 𒅌their approach.

“It’s performance, p🧔erformance, performance in every decision that they make. And it’s paying dividends.”

Haas are s🎐eventh in th💙e F1 constructors’ championship after the first three rounds of the 2024 season, with four points.

Below them, Sauber, Williams and Alpine await their first po💜int.