“Haas is going to be a serious competitor in the years to come…” So says Nico Hulkenberg, and he would know. His two seasons in Formula 1 with the American squad have been stuffed full of potential. In the second, Haas really made good on its promise, the team climbing from dead last in 2023 to running solidly in sixth in the constructors’ championship.
Alpine’s smash-and-grab double podium last time out in Brazil means it has snuck in ahead of Haas and the RB squad hitherto engaged in a close fight for that top-six position. But there are still three races left in F1’s longest-ever season and just a three-point gap to close for Haas, which had been on a run of five consecutive points-scoring races ahead of the Interlagos round.
