Haas might miss begin of F1 take a look at after freight delay

The Haas Components One staff might miss the primary day of this week’s preseason take a look at after the cargo aircraft resulting from ship its freight to Bahrain was delayed.

As first reported by German publication Auto Motor und Sport (AMuS), the aircraft which was meant to reach within the UK on Monday to move its automobiles and spare elements to Bahrain was grounded in Istanbul resulting from technical points.

Haas, who’ve confirmed the freight delay, is now taking a look at another route. The three-day take a look at in Bahrain is ready to start out on Thursday.

Most of F1’s groups had freight arriving on the Bahrain Worldwide Circuit on Monday, whereas Haas’ was nonetheless caught on the UK’s Doncaster Airport.

Bahrain then will host the opening race of the season on March 20.

The delay continues what has been a difficult time period off monitor for Haas.

Final week the staff cut ties with Russian driver Nikita Mazepin and his father’s firm Uralkali following Russia’s navy invasion of Ukraine.

The staff is but to substantiate a full-time substitute for Mazepin, though Gene Haas stated take a look at driver Pietro Fittipaldi will feature at some point in Bahrain.

Haas took the Uralkali colors off the automobile throughout F1’s first preseason take a look at and ran a plain white livery. The staff is because of run a tweaked livery for the Bahrain take a look at but it surely stays unclear whether or not this would be the staff’s color scheme for the entire season.

Within the occasion Haas missed all of Thursday’s operating, AMuS suggests Haas would possibly be capable to run on one other day on the grounds of drive majeure.