Haas F1 Team reveals car for debut season, the VF-16

NBC Sports ^ | 21 Feb, 2016 | Luke Smith

[MtnClimber]

Haas has unveiled its first car ahead of its debut season racing in Formula 1 after two years of preparation and planning.

NASCAR team co-owner Gene Haas will take his operation onto the grid for the first time in 2016, marking the first entry to F1 for an American team in over 30 years.

[MtnClimber]

Finally another American F1 car!

[nascarnation]

I hope they do well.
This is a big $$ undertaking.

[Big Red Badger]

About 10 Times the money of an Indy car.

Is he he related to Carl Hass.

[nascarnation]

No, different family.

Gene Haas is a California guy.

Carl is a Chicago guy.

[60Gunner]

Haven't really tuned in to F1 racing since the decade of the great Senna/Prost/Mansell duels. Later, Schumacher ran away with it so many times it got boring. And the hybrid F1 cars sound like forklifts now, compared to the ungodly screams that I so loved to hear.

My allegiance and attention has been transferred over to the WEC Le Mans racing. 24 hours of nonstop all-out racing. Great stuff.

I will follow the Haas team, however. I don't expect them to do well against the Euro cartel of teams. But we'll see how that goes this season. Best of luck to Haas.

[Vendome]

Kewel

Chicks and sit on my lap...

[MtnClimber]

I like the sports cars too. Used to go to the Daytona 24 and 12 hours of Sebring every year when I lived in FL.

[No.6]

It’d complete perfection if they’d only signed a US driver (Rossi); but they do have the much-improved Romain Grosjean and the promising Estaban Gutierrez. Can’t blame them, I guess, as Rossi is not entirely proven.

They are, at least, US based, so jobs here rather than the UK. They even have openings (none in my fields of expertise, though).

[USMCPOP]

My son's daily drivers are a pair of Haas VF-7s. This is not him, but to give you an idea of scale ...

[MtnClimber]

Is a VF-7 a CNC machine?

[USMCPOP]

Yes, a CNC mill. My son makes parts for machines that process meat(mostly). Meat tenderizers, food packaging equipment, and food processing systems. $$$ stuff.

[Stevenc131]

The current machines are technological marvels, big yawn. The Ferrari 312T2 was about the best looking and the sound of the 3 liter engines of that era were something to hear.

Out of all the engines, the French V12 Matra engine sounded the best followed pretty closely by the Ferrari flat 12. I was pretty lucky and got to stand about 4 steps directly behind one of the 3 liter Ferrari engines as the mechanics were revving the throttle while they tuned it up. This was at Watkins Glen in ‘77 in the garage area. What an experience.

[Chode]

gonna be a good year... i wish them best of luck

[Chode]

77 and Hunt finished first, the great Hunt/Lauda battle years, i too was here

ya want on the F1 ping list?

[Chode]

i love the traditional nose, and to see the Stars and Stripes again, well...

[paintriot]

Hope this works out after the USF1 disappointment.

[Neidermeyer]

I prefer production car racing...

[Chode]

all racing has it's place, and growing up in the Glen i've seen it all

[Neidermeyer]

Ever make it to Rhinebeck for the airshows?