Haas F1 team principal Ayao Komatsu was full of praise for the team after their “fantastic” work to turn around the reliability issues that disrupted their testing week on Wednesday, the second of three days they were allowed to run in the 2026 Barcelona ‘shakedown’. After a very impressive start on Monday, with Esteban Ocon…
After the first shakedown tests of the F1 pre-season, Ollie Bearman struck a positive tone on where he and the Haas team stand at the start of 2026. Their testing started with an early run this past weekend at Ferrari’s test track in Fiorano before joining most of the rest of the field in Barcelona….
Following the launch of the R26 livery, Audi F1 drivers Gabriel Bortoleto and Nico Hülkenberg looked ahead to 2026. In a Haas pre-season Q&A yesterday, Esteban Ocon talked about the reset drivers are set to face this year. He feels everything learned since karting can be dumped such is the changes to the cars and…
Haas F1 Team unveiled their 2026 livery on Monday, January 19th. They moved the date from January 23rd to avoid clashing with multiple other teams. The American team opted for an online reveal rather than a live launch event. The VF-26 livery marks a new era for Haas following the conclusion of their naming partnership…
For Esteban Ocon, the line between the 2025 and 2026 Formula 1 (F1) seasons for Haas continues to blur. As F1 accelerates towards its sweeping 2026 regulation overhaul, the sport has compressed the traditional winter break into a narrow and demanding preparation window. Ocon approaches his first off-season as a Haas driver with little opportunity…
Since making his Formula 1 debut in 2016, Haas driver Esteban Ocon has faced major highs and difficult setbacks, yet he remains confident he can still fight for a world championship in the future. From Force India to Alpine to Haas Ocon secured his full-time F1 seat with Force India in 2017 and remained with…
Esteban Ocon’s first year with Haas was an up-and-down 2025 F1 season that saw him ultimately place 15th in the Drivers’ Championship. In assessing this most recent campaign, he emphasized team unity as a major factor in the successes that they have had. Ocon and Haas ”all working together” through 2025 F1 season “I think…
With the 2026 season already on the horizon, the driver numbers have been confirmed for what is undoubtedly going to be another exciting campaign of F1 action as all-new technical regulations come into effect and an additional team joins the grid. Now that the sport has crowned a new drivers’ champion for the first time…
Haas F1’s Esteban Ocon sits 16th in Pit Debrief’s Driver Rankings for the 2025 F1 season. The Frenchman joined the team this year following a 5-year spell with Renault and Alpine and lined up alongside rookie Ollie Bearman. Bringing valuable experience to the team, Ayao Komatsu’s signing of Ocon and Bearman has seemingly steered the…
Multiple F1 drivers, including title contenders Max Verstappen and Oscar Piastri, have extended their congratulations to Lando Norris and shared their thoughts on the Brit coming out on top in the three-way battle for the drivers’ championship at the Abu Dhabi GP on Sunday. Starting the title-deciding race from the front row of the grid,…
