{"id":132493,"date":"2024-06-26T10:25:20","date_gmt":"2024-06-26T10:25:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/26\/austrian-grand-prix-haas-hoping-to-return-to-the-points-at-red-bull-ring\/"},"modified":"2024-06-26T10:25:20","modified_gmt":"2024-06-26T10:25:20","slug":"austrian-grand-prix-haas-hoping-to-return-to-the-factors-at-red-bull-ring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/26\/austrian-grand-prix-haas-hoping-to-return-to-the-factors-at-red-bull-ring\/","title":{"rendered":"Austrian Grand Prix: Haas hoping to return to the factors at Red Bull Ring"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p id=\"cOC1jI\">Haas final added to their account within the F1 Sprint Race on the Miami Grand Prix, when Nico H\u00fclkenberg parlayed a tenth-place end in qualifying for the F1 Sprint Race right into a seventh-place end result within the F1 Sprint Race itself, incomes two important factors for the crew.<\/p>\n<p id=\"tfrrE3\">With Formula 1 returning to the F1 Sprint format this weekend on the Austrian Grand Prix, can Haas return to the factors?<\/p>\n<p id=\"Ru82F5\">It has been a tough stretch for the crew since Miami, with their greatest probability for factors coming within the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix at Imola. That weekend noticed H\u00fclkenberg qualify tenth, however he completed in P11, one spot out of the factors. Since then they&#8217;ve been left on the skin trying in, together with a double DNF in Monaco attributable to an opening-lap collision involving Sergio P\u00e9rez. <\/p>\n<p id=\"ofYLwH\">Their current struggles opened the door for Alpine, whose personal success the previous few weeks \u2014 with six factors over two race weekends \u2014 has seen the French outfit climb above them within the Constructors\u2019 Championship standings. Alpine now sits seventh within the desk with eight factors, one level \u2014 and place \u2014 forward of Haas with seven factors. <\/p>\n<p id=\"ZUESWp\">As Haas heads to Red Bull Ring together with the remainder of the grid for this weekend\u2019s Austrian Grand Prix, they&#8217;re hopeful that current success at that circuit will assist their quest for factors.<\/p>\n<p id=\"yjaVbv\">\u201cIt\u2019s a short track that packs in a lot of fun,\u201d stated H\u00fclkenberg within the crew\u2019s media preview. \u201cThe length of the circuit means it bunches us all up over qualifying, which is a challenge, but we have two opportunities as it\u2019s a Sprint. Last year I scored points around the Red Bull Ring, so I know it can be done, and we want to be back scoring points, so that\u2019s the mission in Spielberg.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"6EdPIG\">On the opposite facet of the storage Kevin Magnussen \u2014 who&#8217;s hoping to have his F1 future resolved \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sbnation.com\/formula-one\/2024\/6\/19\/24181444\/f1-driver-news-kevin-magnussen-haas-spanish-grand-prix\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">soon<\/a>\u201d \u2014 is cautious that the numerous high-speed corners in Austria might pose an issue for the crew\u2019s VF-24.<\/p>\n<p id=\"wnVmww\">\u201cIt\u2019s a fun track; I\u2019ve got some good memories from the Red Bull Ring, that\u2019s where we\u2019ve had our best team result so I\u2019m looking forward to going there again,\u201d described Magnussen. \u201cWe have quite an efficient car so hopefully with our good straight-line speed we can be good there. There\u2019s still a fair number of high-speed corners, which is perhaps not our strength, but we seem to be pretty consistently good at most tracks. I\u2019m just looking forward to a fun Sprint weekend.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"TJW2hx\">Haas Race Engineer Mark Slade walked by means of the number of corners Red Bull Ring presents, and the way every could, or could not, go well with the crew\u2019s challenger.<\/p>\n<p id=\"HcYN0d\">\u201cOne of the main things about the Red Bull Ring is that it\u2019s a very short lap so it gets busy, particularly in practice and qualifying. It\u2019s a nice mixture of low-, medium-, and high-speed corners, and obviously in a spectacular setting so it looks amazing, and it does provide quite a significant challenge for us when setting the car up,\u201d described Slade. \u201cWe\u2019ve had some issues with medium-speed corners, so we\u2019re expecting to have to manage that, it\u2019s going to be a challenge for us, but on the other hand in low-speed corners, we\u2019ve generally been very good at them and we think we\u2019ve taken a step forward in high-speed corners recently. We\u2019ll see how we get on, but we\u2019ve got a plan of course.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"lznvrO\">While many groups have addressed the challenges a compressed F1 Sprint week places in entrance of them, Slade outlined how for a crew like Haas, there are added advantages to the condensed schedule.<\/p>\n<p id=\"QFrIsv\">\u201cThere is a lot of extra work for a Sprint, especially in amongst a triple-header, but it also makes it very interesting, it\u2019s all a part of Formula 1,\u201d stated Slade. \u201cYou need to be lifelike that you simply\u2019re not going to have the ability to do the whole lot you\u2019d love to do with one observe session, so you need to decide crucial factors that you simply suppose are related to getting the very best out of the automotive in each the Sprint and the race and work to realize these aims \u2013 it\u2019s a really compressed, extremely edited run plan. <\/p>\n<p id=\"U3gDuJ\">\u201cThe format of a Sprint is different from previous years, so you can afford to be a little bit more experimental in the Sprint race because points only go to eighth place, and realistically we\u2019re chasing that last points-paying position so it means we can try things that we wouldn\u2019t necessarily have tried, knowing we can change things for the race.\u201d <\/p>\n<p id=\"chvvFR\">Slade and the remainder of the crew get their first crack at Red Bull Ring this Friday. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Haas final added to their account within the F1 Sprint Race on the Miami Grand Prix, when Nico H\u00fclkenberg parlayed a tenth-place end in qualifying for the F1 Sprint Race right into a seventh-place end result within the F1 Sprint Race itself, incomes two important factors for the crew. 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