Haas Unveils Its VF-20 Racer For The 2020 F1 Season

Haas has unveiled the VF-20 for the 2020 Formula 1 World Championship, becoming the first outfit to present its brand new race car.

Visually, the car adopts a fresh new livery reminiscent of the color palette used in Gene Haas’ machine tool business Haas Automation. The VF-20 will make its on-track debut on February 19th during pre-season testing, where it will be driven by Kevin Magnussen and Romain Grosjean, who will split testing duties.

Haas Team Principal Guenther Steiner says the team is hopeful for a good season, having finished its 2019 campaign sitting ninth out of ten teams in the championship.

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“It’s always exciting to see the development of a new Formula One car and undoubtedly the VF-20 has to deliver where our previous car didn’t,” Steiner said. “With the regulations remaining stable into this season, it’s allowed us to improve our understanding of the car and to scrutinize ourselves more in order to find solutions and applications to channel into the design of the VF-20.”

“Last year was definitely a set-back, one I would never have asked for, but you learn from such situations – we all have. Everybody at the team was forced to look at themselves and understand what they can do better. I’m looking forward to seeing the VF-20 make its track debut. As always in testing, you want many things, but lots of mileage, reliability and speed would be welcomed as we ready ourselves for the first race in Australia.”