Haas F1 Team, which will make its debut in the FIA Formula 1 World Championship in 2016, has announced that its technical partner will be Scuderia Ferrari — the most successful team in the history of Formula One with 16 constructor’s titles and 15 driver championships.
The Italian company will provide the Haas F1 Team with its power units and gearboxes, as well as overall technical support. The multi-year agreement should allow Haas F1 Team to be competitive from the outset.
Gene Haas — founder and president of CNC machine tool manufacturer Haas Automation Inc and now chairman of Haas F1 Team — said: “There is no team in Formula One more accomplished than Scuderia Ferrari, and no team with more history. They’ve been a part of Formula One from the beginning, and now they’ll be a part of Haas F1 Team’s beginning.
"Formula One is the pinnacle of motor-sports. It showcases the latest technology and is the most competitive form of racing in the world. Aligning Haas F1 Team with such a successful company as Scuderia Ferrari provides our team with the greatest opportunity for success in 2016 and beyond.”
Scuderia Ferrari team principal Marco Mattiacci said: “We’re delighted to announce this important strategic partnership with Haas F1 Team and to welcome an American player as a new entrant in Formula One. We joined forces with Gene Haas on a commercial level a few months ago, and this is the natural next step of our growing relationship.
While our objective is to reinforce our power unit development programme for all our customer teams, we believe this new partnership has the potential to evolve beyond the traditional role of supplying our power unit and all related technical services. The USA continues to be one of the most important markets for Ferrari, with many interesting opportunities. We look forward to supporting Haas F1 Team in its efforts to become a competitive player on the Formula One grid.”
The power unit consists of the engine, the motor generator unit (kinetic), the motor generator unit (heat), the energy store, the turbo-charger and the control electronics. The gearbox has eight forward gears, which are operated by the driver via paddles on the steering wheel.
When Haas F1 Team debuts in the FIA Formula 1 World Championship in 2016, it will become the first American-led F1 team since 1986. The team is based on the same Kannapolis, North Carolina campus as Gene Haas’s championship-winning NASCAR Sprint Cup Series team, Stewart-Haas Racing.