Haas gamble on fast-tracked F1 update could be ‘catastrophic’
Haas feel they have no option but to "risk"𝄹 debuting a revised floor at the F1 Japanese Grand Prix.
Haas are taking a “risk” by introducing a floor update to their 2025 F1 car at the Japanese Grand Prix.
The upgrade has been fast-tracked in a bid to try and solve an aero oscillation issue that has dogged the VF-25 in high-ꦍspeed corners, which predomina𒐪tely make up the Suzuka Circuit.
Haas endured a woeful weekend at the season-opener around Melbourne’s Albert Park, with the team’s car particularly struggling through the 🔯high-speed Turn 9-10.
A better weekend followed at the Chinese Grand Prix, where Haas ended up with both cars in the points as168澳洲5最新开奖结果: Esteban Ocon finished fifth and F1 rookie 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Oliver Bearman came home eighth, with their positꦬions bไoosted by Ferrari’s double disqualification.
But Haas felt they had no option to bring forward their planned floor upgrade to Japan, knowing it is a track which could heavily expose the 🌄VF-25’s current ꦦweakness.
While it is only a smꦿall revision, Haas team princiꦫpal Ayao Komatsu has acknowledged it could have major ramifications to how the American squad’s weekend goes.
"I can't say for sure exactly how much difference it's going to make, because in order ✅to get the parts here we had to reallyꦦ shortcut the process,” he said.
”It is a risk. It’s a jud♌gment call. But to me we had no option. The scale of the issue in Melbourne was huge. We were the slowest car by country a mile. So we had to do 𓆉it.
"Honestly, we just relied on our a𝓡ero guys and designers' understanding to make certain modifications. So certain things ar🅰e geometrically different and aerodynamically different as well.
"We just put everyone's latest underst🌊anding, without any proof, because we had to design it, we had to release it, we had to make it - otherwise we weren't going to make it here.
"So, we had to do it. But th🉐en, respectively we put it in the windtunnel෴, to see if that idea is actually correct or not.
"It is correct. It's definitely the right direction. But I just don't know how much difference it's going♋ to make.”
Komatsu continued: "It's all small differences. Bu🐼t it can lead into possibly something catastropౠhic, or not.
"It's quite nerve-racking. But that's the honest f✱eeling.
"As soon as we do a lap, as soon as we g🐽o throu🍒gh sector one, we will know if it's going to be like Melbourne or not.”
Haas are sixth in the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:F1 constructors’ championship thanks to their 14-point haul from China.
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