BREAKING NEWS: It's official, FIA grants US based team F1 license
04-11-2014 | 04:28 PM
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BREAKING NEWS: It's official, FIA grants US based team F1 license
Gene Haas has confirmed that is company has been awarded a Formula 1 license by the FIA that will allow him to set up the first US racing team since Penske Racing competed in the world championship in the 1970s and Haas-Lola in the mid-1980s, the latter founded by Teddy Mayer and Carl Haas (no relation.)
“Obviously, we're extremely pleased to have been granted a Formula 1 license by the FIA," said Haas in a press statement released on Friday, "It's an exciting time for me, Haas Automation and anyone who wanted to see an American team return to Formula 1."
“Now, the really hard work begins," he continued. "It's a challenge we embrace as we work to put cars on the grid.
“I want to thank the FIA for this opportunity and the diligence everyone put forth to see our license application come to fruition," he added. A full press conference to discussed the successful bid is expected to take place on Monday, April 14 in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Founded in 1983 and based in Oxnard, California, Haas Automation is the largest CNC machine tool builder in the western world. Haas is also co-owner of the Stewart-Haas Racing team in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, which won the 2011 championship with Tony Stewart.
Haas made the headlines last year when Stewart - his co-owner in the team - was sidelined in hospital with injury. With Stewart incommunicado, Haas took the unilateral move to sign the controversial Kurt Busch to the team, which meant expanding it to a four-car line up that also includes former IndyCar star Danica Patrick.
Haas has been pursuing a place on the F1 grid since the FIA opened up a tender for new teams. Initially it appeared that Haas had little hope of being successful with his application and F! business supremo Bernie Ecclestone attempted to steer Haas into investing in an existing F1 team needing an injection of funds, but Haas remained committed to his vision of a new US-centric team instead.
Ecclestone subsequently seemed won over by Haas' business case, and last Sunday in Bahrain he had indicated that he now expected the bid to be successful and signed off by the FIA in the near future. It's not clear how quickly Haas will now be able to undertake the necessary preparations to set up the race team, with 2015 possibly too early for the new squad to make its debut on the grid where it would become the sport's 12th team.
A multi-billionaire from his businesses, Haas also founded Windshear, a 180-mph rolling-road wind tunnel in Concord, North Carolina which is the first of its kind in North America. It is only the third rolling-road wind tunnel of its scale in existence and the world's first commercially available, full-scale, rolling-road wind tunnel.
“Obviously, we're extremely pleased to have been granted a Formula 1 license by the FIA," said Haas in a press statement released on Friday, "It's an exciting time for me, Haas Automation and anyone who wanted to see an American team return to Formula 1."
“Now, the really hard work begins," he continued. "It's a challenge we embrace as we work to put cars on the grid.
“I want to thank the FIA for this opportunity and the diligence everyone put forth to see our license application come to fruition," he added. A full press conference to discussed the successful bid is expected to take place on Monday, April 14 in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Founded in 1983 and based in Oxnard, California, Haas Automation is the largest CNC machine tool builder in the western world. Haas is also co-owner of the Stewart-Haas Racing team in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, which won the 2011 championship with Tony Stewart.
Haas made the headlines last year when Stewart - his co-owner in the team - was sidelined in hospital with injury. With Stewart incommunicado, Haas took the unilateral move to sign the controversial Kurt Busch to the team, which meant expanding it to a four-car line up that also includes former IndyCar star Danica Patrick.
Haas has been pursuing a place on the F1 grid since the FIA opened up a tender for new teams. Initially it appeared that Haas had little hope of being successful with his application and F! business supremo Bernie Ecclestone attempted to steer Haas into investing in an existing F1 team needing an injection of funds, but Haas remained committed to his vision of a new US-centric team instead.
Ecclestone subsequently seemed won over by Haas' business case, and last Sunday in Bahrain he had indicated that he now expected the bid to be successful and signed off by the FIA in the near future. It's not clear how quickly Haas will now be able to undertake the necessary preparations to set up the race team, with 2015 possibly too early for the new squad to make its debut on the grid where it would become the sport's 12th team.
A multi-billionaire from his businesses, Haas also founded Windshear, a 180-mph rolling-road wind tunnel in Concord, North Carolina which is the first of its kind in North America. It is only the third rolling-road wind tunnel of its scale in existence and the world's first commercially available, full-scale, rolling-road wind tunnel.
If anyone can do it - Haas can.
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04-11-2014 | 11:05 PM
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Daly and Rossi might bring more money to a US based team. There might be more sponsorship and interest from US companies. One has to make the case that it will lead to larger viewership in the US, but I doubt that it will.
Maldonado and Petrov would be a humorous and ironic pairing. I bet Vitaly would love to come back.
Maldonado and Petrov would be a humorous and ironic pairing. I bet Vitaly would love to come back.