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Gene Haas: It will be a while before driver announcements.
“It will likely be about this time next year”

He also said; "I think fundamentally. Part of strategy is having an American team compete in European venues with an American driver, but the question is, when do we do it?”

“Our goal ultimately is to be a successful American racing team, with a successful American driver.”


Both for drivers and crew, “We look at every resume that comes it. You wish you could give everybody who wants one a job, but so much of it depends on the window – when you need someone, and at what skill level. We have to match the right people with the right job.”

And while the F1 debut for Haas, who turns 62 next week, remains about 18 months away, already he has seen some benefit of his participation to his business, Haas Automation. “We’ve seen an increase in sales of $50 million since we committed to Formula One.”