Haas was again in motion at System 1’s Barcelona shakedown occasion on Wednesday, however Oliver Bearman’s working within the VF-26 was hampered by two reliability points – with one being branded as “extra critical” by crew boss Ayao Komatsu.
Wednesday marked the American outfit’s second day on observe, with groups permitted to run on any three out of the 5 days.
“We’d sorted out so many points from Monday, so after we have been working on observe right this moment, I may see an enormous step ahead in comparison with day one – that’s a giant constructive for us,” Komatsu defined in a press release shared by the crew.
“Sadly, in each the morning and afternoon periods, we had two reliability points.”
Bearman’s mileage within the morning of the Barcelona shakedown was hit by a problem that the crew was capable of rectify in the course of the lunch break. The second situation he encountered proved to be extra critical, however because of the secretive nature of the shakedown, additional particulars of what the problem have been are slim.
“I’m not anxious in regards to the one we had this morning, the one within the afternoon was a bit extra critical and it’s clearly one thing we’re trying into and analysing precisely what occurred – and naturally, tips on how to resolve it,” Komatsu added.
“We’ll goal to get on prime of it as shortly as potential, however at the least it is occurred comparatively early in our general pre-season programme.”
Oliver Bearman, Haas F1 Workforce
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Komatsu concluded that the crew did nonetheless have positives to take from the day, together with when it comes to its operational efficiency in contrast with the primary day of the shakedown.
Bearman was equally constructive about his expertise on observe, his first in Barcelona after team-mate Esteban Ocon ran on the primary day.
“It was nice to get again into the automotive,” the Brit mentioned. “We’d clearly had a little bit of working at Fiorano on the weekend the place we managed to do the utmost 200km, however right this moment was my first expertise of the automotive within the dry. That meant it was the primary time I used to be capable of push it on its limits, at the least for what they have been for the set-up being run right this moment.
“The automotive undoubtedly felt highly effective with the total battery energy, the quantity of harvesting we needed to do was not too dangerous. You may undoubtedly really feel the automotive is a little more agile and extra nimble with the additional weight reduction from the earlier rules. I’m excited to see the automotive undergo its paces extra.”
Haas will now have to decide on whether or not it runs for the ultimate time on Thursday or Friday, with Komatsu concluding that this was “nonetheless TBC”.
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