'FIA comes up with solution to nasty situation at Haas'
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- GPblog.com
The preparation for the new season is not going according to plan for Haas. They have already released Nikita Mazepin, and this week the necessary materials arrived late in Bahrain. It caused Haas to skip the morning session on Thursday. However, the FIA seems to have come up with a solution.
The Bahrain test days will take place Thursday, Friday and Saturday. The original idea of the FIA was to give Haas Sunday to get ready for the new racing season, but several Formula 1 teams objected. According to the regulations, a test should last three days.
The FIA, however, was eager to accommodate Haas, so it looked for other ways to help the American racing team. According to journalist Chris Medland, the FIA has found a way to help the American team, as there is a good chance that Haas will be able to go to the track after 19:00 in the next three days.
So we are likely to see Haas continuing after 7pm each night. Whether that changes remains to be seen. Wolff seemed to be against Sunday running for Haas earlier, McLaren is another team that said no. Not sure on the third #F1 #F1Testing
— Chris Medland (@ChrisMedlandF1) March 10, 2022
Magnussen replaces Mazepin at Haas
In recent days Haas has been working overtime to find a replacement for the departed Mazepin. With Kevin Magnussen it found a driver who should be able to quickly reach the desired level. The driver was in fact already under contract to the Americans.