Haas Maintain Ferrari Relationship is Legal

A head-turning performance in Australia has many teams questioning the legality of Haas' technical arrangement with Ferrari.

Haas team principal Guenther Steiner has fired back at critics again after the team's strong performance in Australia. Both Romain Grosjean and Kevin Magnussen were on course to finish well in the points until a pitstop disaster with both cars meant they left Melbourne with a double retirement on their record instead.

The gain in pace from Haas has prompted many of the midfield teams to question whether the technical relationship between the American outfit and Ferrari should be allowed in the sport.

Steiner, who already rebuffed claims of anything illegal occurring, stuck to his standpoint and maintained that the Haas car was constructed fairly and well within the rules.

"Everybody is allowed to have an opinion. Some people have an opinion, which I think is based on no facts," he said.

"It does not have a lot of value to me. I think the whole of Haas F1 Team can be proud of the work done between last year and over the winter to produce the VF-18 and get it into its competitive condition. It’s merit to them. They can be proud.

"If people have an issue, fine with me. We report what we are doing, like everybody else, to the FIA. That’s why I’m more than confident we are not doing anything wrong.

"I’m perfectly fine with how we do business. We design our own aero, as per the regulations, and yes, we use mechanical parts from Ferrari, but everybody’s known that for the past two years.

"We are well above board, and happy to be where we are.”