Haas Formula will defer its Formula One debut until 2016, ARN has learned. The decision to wait an extra year will offer the organization more time to put its program together and align itself with the proper partners moving forward.
Although team owner Gene Haas said on Sunday morning that he was “leaning towards Ferrari” because “they’re more open to what we need to do” the additional time could open other doors for the rookie team with other technical partners.
It was clear that Haas was feeling the time crunch when he acknowledged, “It just seems that it’s taking longer to accomplish what we wanted to do than we thought.”
While Haas Formula has its team principal in place, there’s still the question of technical partner, designers and drivers.
(Motorsport.com)
