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113-465: Haas Formula LLC , competing as MoneyGram Haas F1 Team , is an American-licensed Formula One racing team established by NASCAR Cup Series team co-owner Gene Haas in April 2014. The team originally intended to make its debut at the start of the 2015 season but later elected to postpone their entry until the 2016 season. The team principal is Ayao Komatsu , who replaced Guenther Steiner who served in

226-409: A "works" or "factory" team (i.e. the official team of the company producing the cars, as opposed to a customer team which buys them off the shelf) therefore applied to chassis in the same way as it does in rallying and sports car racing . There have been some recent exceptions where a specialist company, not itself entered in the championship, has been commissioned to design and build a chassis for

339-450: A Formula One race. He stated: "I feel like these games kind of bring focus back, as you always have to be switched on with your mind. In a weekend, I always want to be mentally ready for every challenge that comes." Schumacher started his motorsport career in 2008. To avoid attention because of his famous father, he started his career under the pseudonym 'Mick Betsch', using his mother's maiden name. In 2011 and 2012, Schumacher drove in

452-681: A Mercedes reserve driver for the 2024 season, sharing the role with Frederik Vesti . He drove the Mercedes W15 during a test at Silverstone , before driving the W13 alongside Andrea Kimi Antonelli at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya . Ahead of the British Grand Prix , Schumacher was announced to be driving the Alpine A522 at the Circuit Paul Ricard with Alpine reserve Jack Doohan , as

565-586: A car that strongly resembled the Ferrari SF70H , Ferrari's 2017 car. Competitors McLaren and Force India both criticized the partnership between Ferrari and Haas. While no official grievance was filled with the FIA , McLaren boss Zak Brown questioned the relationship. During 2021 rule discussions in April 2019, concerns over Haas F1's B-team approach were presented by Renault and McLaren. F1 Director of Motorsports Ross Brawn said that he wants to protect and enhance

678-583: A constructor ( Matra ) to win the World Constructors' Championship and a driver ( Jackie Stewart ) to win the World Drivers' Championship . The following are privateer teams which never built their own chassis, and thus were not constructors : * All constructor's wins ** First win for the constructor *** Team's only championship race Mick Schumacher Mick Schumacher ( German pronunciation: [ˈmɪk ˈʃuːmaxɐ] ; born 22 March 1999)

791-562: A few more lock-ups, he pitted for softs, dropping him out of the points. As a result of hard attacking and defending, Ilott's tires didn't fare much better and he too slowly fell out of the points. This result confirmed Schumacher as the 2020 FIA Formula 2 Champion. Schumacher joined the Ferrari Driver Academy in January 2019, citing Ferrari's ties with his family as a significant reason for joining. In April 2019, he made his debut behind

904-511: A low-cost model that would allow new teams to enter the sport and be competitive, which had been of concern to the sport for some years. Conversely, Haas's approach was criticized by smaller, privateer teams who had invested in their own infrastructure and expressed concerns about the close relationship between manufacturers and satellite constructors handing more political power to the sport's larger constructors. In 2018 Haas again came under fire from competitors after arriving at winter testing with

1017-436: A points drought, Haas took double points finish in 2022 British Grand Prix with Magnussen finishing 10th and Schumacher 8th; his first-ever point finish as a Formula One driver and first double-point finish for Haas after three years. The momentum is followed by Magnussen finishing 8th and Schumacher finishing 6th in the following race in 2022 Austrian Grand Prix . These back-to-back double points finishes placed Haas seventh in

1130-413: A power unit supplied by Ferrari . Former Jaguar and Red Bull Racing technical director Guenther Steiner was the team principal for 10 years until 2024. Haas confirmed its new car had passed the mandatory FIA crash tests in January 2016. Haas's approach of establishing a far-reaching partnership with Ferrari was met with a mixed response from the paddock. The constructor was applauded for pioneering

1243-487: A race; during this season Renault became the last team to have entered three cars for a race at the 1985 German Grand Prix , but only two of their cars were eligible for championship points. Unlike drivers who are required to compete in the FIA Formula One World Championship under the nationality of their passport and in case of a multiple citizenship they can choose their "official" nationality,

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1356-421: A single race was not strictly limited in the 1950s and early 1960s. Since the 1963 season teams were generally allowed to enter only two regular cars, with the third car reserved for an occasional driver. This rule was further promoted in the 1974 season when the permanent racing numbers were assigned to each team in pairs, with the third car having the racing number out of the pair. Entering more than three cars

1469-433: A spin. He recovered from 19th to finish 5th in the sprint race. He failed to score points at Barcelona , suffering a collision in the first race and a time penalty for an illegal overtake on Jack Aitken in the second. At Monaco , Schumacher collided with multiple cars in the feature race, bringing out the red flag . He would fail to score points in either race. A double retirement came at the Circuit Paul Ricard , after he

1582-645: A team, e.g. Lola built cars for the Larrousse team ( 1987 - 1991 ) and the Scuderia Italia team ( 1993 ) and Dallara built cars for the Scuderia Italia team ( 1988 - 1992 ). Larousse had their points from the 1990 season erased after the FIA decided that they had falsely nominated themselves and not Lola as the chassis constructor. In 1978 , the new Arrows team which had been established by former Shadow personnel

1695-474: A three-place grid penalty for a red flag infraction and would start the race in fifth position. Magnussen would start the race in 14th position. Haas finished the season 10th in the constructors championship with 12 points. This was due to a season of good qualifying sessions but due to the VF-23 's high tyre wear it meant the drivers would struggle and slip down the order during races. The most notable example of this,

1808-584: A time penalty that would drop him to 10th, and Grosjean finishing 9th in the Eifel Grand Prix . They would not score again. The team finished 9th in the Constructor's Championship, scoring the fewest points in team history. On the opening lap of the Bahrain Grand Prix , Grosjean collided with AlphaTauri driver Daniil Kvyat and crashed through the barriers between turns 3 and 4. The impact resulted in

1921-411: A title sponsorship deal with MoneyGram for the 2023 season onwards. Nico Hülkenberg's Formula One return was announced prior to the 2022 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix and will partner Magnussen for the 2023 season. Early 2023, Haas announced that Pietro Fittipaldi would remain as the official test and reserve driver for 2023. The two-time grand prix starter will work with the only American team competing in

2034-638: Is a German racing driver , currently competing in the FIA World Endurance Championship for Alpine . Schumacher competed in Formula One from 2021 to 2022 . Born and raised in Switzerland , Schumacher is the son of seven-time Formula One World Champion Michael Schumacher and equestrian Corinna Betsch , as well as the nephew of former Formula One driver Ralf and the cousin of sports car racing driver David . Initially competing under

2147-523: Is a key shareholder, as the title sponsor for the team. Uralkali's sponsorship resulted in a livery containing the colors of the Russian flag . Steiner denied this was to circumvent a World Anti-Doping Agency ban on the use of the Russian flag and anthem following a state-sponsored doping scandal in the country. During the first race , Mazepin spun out on the first lap, while Schumacher finished 16th in his debut,

2260-499: Is also a retired racing driver and former Formula One driver. His cousin David Schumacher is a racing driver as well. Schumacher is named after five-time 500cc motorcycle World Champion Mick Doohan . Schumacher was skiing with his father when Michael suffered life-threatening brain injuries on 29 December 2013. In March 2017, Mick first talked publicly about his father, describing him as "my idol" and "my role model". Before

2373-473: The 1968 season the team's nationality also determined the colour of a car entered by the team; thus, Italian teams' cars were rosso corsa red, French were bleu de France blue, and British (with several exceptions, such as cars entered by teams Rob Walker , Brabham and McLaren ) were British racing green . Since the licence is given to a team and not to a constructor, privateer teams entering cars built by constructors from another country before

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2486-492: The 1981 season the FIA have required that Formula One entrants own the intellectual rights to the chassis that they enter, and so the distinction between the terms "entrant" and "constructor", and hence also "team", have become less pronounced, though the intellectual rights of engines may still be owned by a different entity. That season also saw the International Cup for Formula One Constructors be officially renamed to

2599-429: The 1997 German Grand Prix Benetton became the only team to have achieved victories while racing under two different nationalities. The team's nationality, determined by a racing licence that a team holds, subsequently determines a national anthem played after a race on the podium in honour of a winning team following a national anthem played in honour of a winning driver. Before the arrival of sponsorship liveries in

2712-552: The 1998 Belgian Grand Prix and 2009 Chinese Grand Prix respectively. Note: Until 1965 a works team of every constructor was licensed in the country where it was really based. In 1965 Japanese-licensed Honda moved their works team from Tokyo, Japan to Amsterdam, Netherlands, followed in 1966 by the American-licensed Anglo American Racers team which was based in Rye, East Sussex, United Kingdom. Since

2825-473: The 2020 Eifel Grand Prix in the first practice session, driving for Alfa Romeo in place of Antonio Giovinazzi . Due to bad weather conditions, the session was cancelled and he performed no running. Schumacher instead made his practice debut at the 2020 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix , driving for Haas in place of Kevin Magnussen . He later made an appearance for Haas at the post-season young drivers' test. Ahead of

2938-562: The Bahrain Grand Prix alongside Nikita Mazepin , Haas failed to score points all season with the VF-21 , with Schumacher finishing a season-best 12th in Hungary . Retaining his seat to partner Kevin Magnussen for 2022 , Schumacher scored his first points finish at the British Grand Prix , with a career-best sixth at the Austrian Grand Prix . After a series of high-profile crashes, Schumacher

3051-634: The British National Sporting Authority . Teams take the nationality of their parent National Automobile Club that issued their licence for the period of validity of that licence and the change of the nationality is allowed. Several teams changed their nationality during their competition in Formula One, some of them even twice (e.g. Shadow in 1976 from American to British, Benetton in 1996 from British to Italian, Red Bull in 2007 from British to Austrian, Renault in 2011 from French to British and in 2016 back to French ). At

3164-737: The FIA or race organisers, e.g. Wolf holding the Canadian nationality and Shadow (in 1973 ) and Penske both holding the American nationality all identified as the British teams by official entry lists, or the British national anthem played on the podium in honour of the Irish-licensed Jordan team and the Austrian-licensed Red Bull team when they achieved their maiden victories at

3277-513: The FIA Formula 2 Championship in 2019 with Prema Racing, alongside Sean Gelael . At the first round of the season in Bahrain , Schumacher started 10th and finished 8th after passing Nobuharu Matsushita on the final lap, giving him reverse-grid pole position for the sprint race, in which he finished sixth. Schumacher started from 7th in the feature race at Baku but was forced into retirement after

3390-421: The FIA Formula 3 European Championship with Prema Powerteam. He finished the season in 12th place, his best finish being a 3rd place at Monza . Schumacher was the lowest finisher of the four Prema drivers, however, he was the third-best-placed rookie in the championship. Schumacher continued driving for Prema in the 2018 championship . He suffered a slow start to the season, eventually taking his first win at

3503-504: The FIA Formula 3 European Championship , winning the championship with Prema the following season . Progressing to Formula 2 for the 2019 season, Schumacher won the championship in his 2020 campaign with Prema. A member of the Ferrari Driver Academy since 2019, Schumacher was a test driver for Alfa Romeo and Haas in 2020 , before signing with the latter as a full-time driver in 2021 . Making his Formula One debut at

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3616-489: The FIA World Championship . Since 1981 , it has been a requirement that each competitor must have the exclusive rights to the use of certain key parts of their car; in 2018 , these parts were the survival cell, the front impact structure, the roll structures and bodywork. Ferrari holds the record for the most Constructors' and Drivers' Championships won with sixteen and fifteen, respectively. Ferrari also holds

3729-852: The KF3 class in the ADAC Kart Masters, ending in 9th and 7th respectively. In 2011 he finished 3rd in the Euro Wintercup in the KF3 class, repeating his success the following year. In 2013 he continued his starts in the junior class, which got reneamed to the KF-Junior . He finished 3rd in the German Championship and the CIK-FIA International Super Cup. In 2014, Schumacher competed under the pseudonym Mick Junior —having already competed under

3842-505: The MRF Challenge , a championship based in India. He competed in the upper Formula 2000 class and finished the series in 3rd place, collecting four wins, nine podiums, and two pole positions. Schumacher finished behind Harrison Newey and Joey Mawson , but ahead of his future Formula 3 and Formula 2 competitors Jüri Vips and Felipe Drugovich . In April 2017, Schumacher made his debut in

3955-580: The SF71H at Fiorano Circuit . Schumacher remained with Haas for the 2022 season, partnering Kevin Magnussen . He also served as a reserve driver for Ferrari during the season, sharing duties with Antonio Giovinazzi. Schumacher qualified twelfth and finished eleventh at the season opening Bahrain Grand Prix , gaining positions due to the retirements of both Red Bulls and Pierre Gasly and achieving his best Formula One race result thus far. Schumacher missed

4068-651: The Saudi Arabian Grand Prix after a high-impact crash in qualifying. He was transferred to hospital for precautionary checks and was released with no injuries. He made his racing return for the Australian Grand Prix , starting fifteenth and finishing thirteenth. Schumacher was running in the top ten with three laps remaining of the Miami Grand Prix , but collided with Sebastian Vettel during an overtake attempt and dropped to fifteenth. He reached

4181-528: The Singapore Grand Prix , Magnussen scored Haas' first-ever fastest lap. 2018 was their best season to date, finishing fifth in the Constructors' Championship, one point short of doubling their previous year's performance. The team took on Rich Energy as a title sponsor for 2019. This was part of the activation of a multi-year title sponsorship deal with Rich Energy, a British energy drink company that

4294-530: The Tyrrell team ran their chassis powered by both Ford and Renault engines, scored points with both engines and thus finishing 9th as Tyrrell-Ford and 10th as Tyrrell-Renault in the World Constructors' Championship. Under article 6.2 of the FIA sporting regulations, "The title of Formula One World Champion Constructor will be awarded to the competitor which has scored the highest number of points". From

4407-474: The World Constructors' Championship . Before this time, constructors were free to sell their chassis to as many other teams as they liked. Brabham and Lotus chassis were used extensively by other teams during the 1960s and 1970s and several quite competitive privateer teams never built their own chassis. Rob Walker Racing Team was the most successful example, being responsible for the first victories in Formula One for both Cooper and Lotus. The concept of

4520-581: The pseudonyms Mick Betsch and Mick Junior , Schumacher finished runner-up to Enaam Ahmed at the junior direct-drive Karting World Championship and Karting European Championship in 2014. Graduating to junior formulae in 2015, Schumacher finished runner-up in both the ADAC F4 Championship and the Italian F4 Championship the next year. After finishing third in the 2016–17 MRF Challenge Formula 2000 Championship , Schumacher moved to

4633-646: The works team of respective constructor was licensed;  Races Entered = Number of individual races entered;  Races Started = Number of individual races started;  Drivers = Number of drivers ;  Total Entries = Total number of race entries;  Wins = Number of races won;  Points = Number of Constructors' Championship points scored;  Poles = Number of pole positions ;  FL = Number of fastest laps ;  Podiums . = Number of podium finishes;  WCC = Constructors' Championships won;  WDC = Drivers' Championships won. The following are constructors whose only participation

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4746-504: The 15th race of the year at Spa-Francorchamps , almost halfway through the season. Before this race, he sat in 10th place in the championship, 67 points behind championship leader Dan Ticktum . However, Schumacher dominated the latter half of the season, taking seven more wins, including five consecutively. He ended the season as champion, 57 points clear of 2nd-placed Ticktum, taking eight wins, fourteen total podium finishes, seven pole positions, and four fastest laps. Schumacher moved up to

4859-549: The 1968 season painted cars in the national colour of their home country, e.g. the French Guy Ligier 's privateer team entered cars painted in bleu de France blue in 1966 and 1967 seasons despite the fact that they were built by the British constructor Cooper . Relating to the team's nationality because of teams' bases in Britain several mistakes occurred on official entry lists issued by or podium ceremonies organized by

4972-578: The 1981 Spanish Grand Prix the Equipe Banco Occidental team became the last privateer team to have entered a car for a race alongside a works team when they entered a Williams car alongside the Williams works team. During the period of the 1950 – 1981 seasons, privateer teams won 20 World Championship races in total. Only once (the Matra International team in 1969 ) a privateer team helped

5085-588: The 2021 season, Schumacher requested to use the 'MSC' abbreviation for his name, shown on TV coverage. MSC was the abbreviation used by his father Michael, to distinguish between Michael and his brother Ralf, whose time in Formula One coincided. Schumacher had previously raced under the 'SCH' abbreviation in Formula 2. Schumacher drove for the Haas team in 2021 after signing a multi-year contract, alongside Nikita Mazepin , with whom he raced in go-karts. He chose to race with

5198-468: The 2024 season. On January 10, team principal Guenther Steiner 's contract was not renewed, with the position being filled by engineer Ayao Komatsu . Technical director Simone Resta also departed. As a result of Alfa Romeo leaving Sauber due to its transition to Audi Sport from 2026, Haas is officially assumed as Ferrari 's new satellite team. In August 2024, it was reported that Haas has to reimburse US$ 9 million to former title sponsor Uralkali for

5311-532: The Constructors' Championship, after the Hungarian Grand Prix . The team took their maiden pole position at the São Paulo Grand Prix , with Magnussen out-qualifying the field in changing conditions to start on pole for the sprint race. Magnussen retired after a collision with McLaren's Daniel Ricciardo at the start of the race. Schumacher departed from Haas at the end of the season. Haas signed

5424-660: The Enstone outfit continued to assess their options for their 2025 lineup. On 28 November, it was announced that Schumacher would leave his Mercedes reserve driver role at the end of the season to focus on his commitments to Alpine's WEC division. On 22 November 2023, it was announced that Schumacher would join Alpine 's World Endurance Hypercar team for the 2024 season . His teammates will be Nicolas Lapierre , Ferdinand Habsburg , Paul-Loup Chatin , Matthieu Vaxivière and Charles Milesi . The French outfit took their only podium finish of

5537-714: The FIA Formula 1 World Championship for a fifth consecutive season, providing support to the squad and helping develop the VF-23. Fittipaldi has previously tested the VF-18 and VF-19 before jumping into the cockpit to race at the final two rounds of the 2020 FIA Formula 1 World Championship, substituting in the VF-20 for an injured Romain Grosjean . At the Canadian Grand Prix , Hülkenberg achieved

5650-595: The FIA Sporting Regulations, "A constructor is the person (including any corporate or unincorporated body) which designs the Listed Parts set out in Appendix 6. The make of an engine or chassis is the name attributed to it by its constructor." These "listed parts" include the survival cell, the front impact structure, the roll structures and bodywork. However, if the chassis and engine are made by different entities,

5763-487: The FIA to which all participants and vehicles are required to conform. Each year, the F1 World Championship season is held, consisting of a series of races, known as Grands Prix , held usually on purpose-built circuits , and in a few cases on closed city streets . Constructors are awarded points based on the finishing position of each of their two drivers at each Grand Prix, and the constructor who accumulates

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5876-470: The FIA's International Sporting Code states that teams competing in the FIA Formula One World Championship shall compete under the nationality of their parent National Automobile Club that issued their FIA racing licence. On the basis of this regulation, despite the fact that most current teams are based in the UK, this country is officially represented in Formula One only by teams holding a racing licence issued by

5989-503: The calendar. The team maintains a design office in Maranello , which is also home to Scuderia Ferrari 's headquarters. Haas was the first American constructor to submit an F1 entry after the failed US F1 project in 2010 , and it is the first American constructor to compete since the unrelated Haas Lola outfit raced in the 1985 and 1986 seasons. The Haas Lola team was owned by former McLaren boss Teddy Mayer and Carl Haas , who

6102-548: The cancelled sponsorship contract by a Swiss arbitrator two months prior. This resulted in Dutch bailiffs and police entering the Haas paddock during the Dutch Grand Prix weekend to valuate their assets for Uralkali to potentially seize should the company did not receive payment by August 26. On August 23, Gene Haas confirmed the team has made the payment but it was complicated by the Russian sanctions. On August 26, Uralkali confirmed

6215-605: The car at short notice" should Lewis Hamilton or George Russell be unable to race. Schumacher was also made available as a reserve driver for McLaren , in a continuation of an arrangement between Mercedes and its engine customer. On 7 June, Schumacher drove the Mercedes W14 for a Pirelli tyre test at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya . On 5 July, he drove the McLaren MCL35M in testing at Portimão . Schumacher continued as

6328-399: The car splitting in two and bursting into flames. Grosjean escaped significant injury, suffering burns on his hands, and was hospitalized after the race. He remarked that the halo head protection device likely saved his life. The crash ruled him out of the following week's Sakhir Grand Prix , and he was replaced by Haas reserve driver Pietro Fittipaldi . Grosjean and Magnussen left Haas at

6441-501: The colors of the Russian flag. On March 5, the team announced it had terminated its title sponsorship deal with Uralkali and its driver contract with Mazepin. Kevin Magnussen, who previously drove for the team from 2017 to 2020, was announced as his replacement. Haas's decision to focus on building the VF-22 throughout the 2021 season resulted in the car proving to be competitive among the mid-field teams. With Magnussen returning, Haas scored in

6554-406: The constructor comprises both (e.g. McLaren - Mercedes , Lotus - Climax etc.), with the name of the chassis constructor being placed before that of the engine constructor. As both chassis and engine are included in the constructor name, chassis run with different engines are counted as two separate constructors and score points separately. This occurred for the last time in the 1985 season when

6667-649: The constructors' title for the second consecutive year after being surpassed by the Renault Sport Formula One Team in the final races. In February 2018, Haas unveiled their new car, the VF-18 , although some competitors called for an investigation due to its resemblance to the previous year's Ferrari, the SF70H . Following a strong showing during winter testing, Haas again had a competitive weekend in Australia , scoring

6780-985: The early 2000s most teams have been based in the United Kingdom, and either licensed there or in another country, with the rest based in Italy (Maranello and Faenza) and Switzerland (Hinwil). Key: Licensed in = Country in which the works team of respective constructor is licensed;  Races Entered = Number of individual races entered;  Races Started = Number of individual races started;  Drivers = Number of drivers ;  Total Entries = Total number of race entries;  Wins = Number of races won;  Points = Number of World Constructors' Championship points scored;  Poles = Number of pole positions ;  FL = Number of fastest laps ;  Podiums = Number of podium finishes;  WCC = World Constructors' Championships won;  WDC = World Drivers' Championships won. Key: Licensed in = Country in which

6893-436: The end of the 2020 Championship. They were replaced by Russian Nikita Mazepin , and 2020 Formula 2 Championship winner Mick Schumacher , son of seven-time Formula One world champion Michael Schumacher . To survive financially, the team opted to halt the development of the 2021 car, instead focusing resources on the 2022 car. They also secured Uralkali , a Russian potash fertilizer producer, of which Mazepin's father Dmitry

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7006-403: The feature race at Austria, he went off while battling Callum Ilott for the race lead. In the second round at the same circuit, his fire extinguisher went off in the sprint race. In Hungary, Schumacher bounced back with a double podium. He then went on a run of 5 consecutive podiums from Spain to Monza, including a win in the Feature race at Monza, and took the Championship lead at Mugello. He won

7119-405: The feature race at the next round in Russia and came third in the sprint race which was shortened due to a crash between Luca Ghiotto and Jack Aitken . At the Bahrain Round, he qualified in 10th and rose to fourth in the Feature race. He finished seventh in the Sprint race. As a result, Callum Ilott was able to bring the deficit down to 14 points going into the final round on the Outer Track at

7232-474: The first and a collision with Giuliano Alesi in the second. Schumacher finished the season with 9th and 11th-place finishes in Abu Dhabi . He ended the season in 12th place in the championship with 53 points, considerably ahead of teammate Gelael, and took one win and one fastest lap. Schumacher continued with Prema in the 2020 FIA Formula 2 Championship , joined by reigning FIA Formula 3 champion and fellow Ferrari Driver Academy member Robert Shwartzman . In

7345-439: The first lap but was able to continue, eventually finishing last of the remaining drivers in sixteenth place. At the next race, the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix , he crashed in front of the pit lane exit during a safety car period, breaking off his front wing, and went on to finish sixteenth. He crashed heavily in practice for the Monaco Grand Prix and the team was unable to repair his car in time for qualifying. He performed one of

7458-497: The first time, racing for Van Amersfoort Racing in the ADAC Formula 4 , using the Schumacher name. In 2016, Schumacher remained in ADAC Formula 4 but switched to Prema Powerteam , a team known for its close links to the Ferrari Driver Academy . He also entered the Italian F4 Championship and finished runner-up in both championships to Joey Mawson and Marcos Siebert respectively. In November 2016, Schumacher made his first appearance in Formula 3 machinery by taking part in

7571-407: The following race, the British Grand Prix , he started nineteenth and recovered to eighth to score his first Formula One points. A week later at the Austrian Grand Prix , Schumacher qualified seventh and finished sixth; his best Formula One result, promoting him to fifteenth place in the drivers' championship at the halfway point of the 2022 season. However, this would be his final points finish of

7684-427: The grid but was eliminated at the first corner after a collision with Esteban Ocon . At the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix , his race ended on lap eight after crashing into a barrier, causing the race to be red-flagged. Schumacher ended his debut season nineteenth in the drivers' championship, ahead of teammate Mazepin but with no points scored. He continued testing for Ferrari during the season, completing test sessions in

7797-432: The inaugural season of the World Constructors' Championship in 1958 up until the 1978 season only the highest-scoring driver in each race for each constructor contributed points towards the World Constructors' Championship (then officially as the International Cup for Formula One Constructors ); since the 1979 season points from all cars entered by each constructor have counted towards their championship total. Since

7910-447: The last of all running cars. In the season's final race, Mazepin tested positive for coronavirus and was ruled out of the race. Haas would only field one driver, rather than replace Mazepin with reserve driver Pietro Fittipaldi , as he had not fulfilled the requirement of having competed in a practice session for the team. Following the Russian invasion of Ukraine , Haas removed the branding of Russian sponsor Uralkali from its cars and

8023-423: The model for the foreseeable future as it allows teams with smaller budgets to enter the sport. Haas have depended upon Ferrari for their reserve drivers in the past. In particular they did two FP1 sessions for Ferrari reserve Antonio Giovinazzi . Additionally during his tenure at the team, Mick Schumacher was still a Ferrari Academy Driver and Ferrari Reserve driver. Ferrari junior Oliver Bearman , who will join

8136-453: The most points over each championship is crowned that year's World Constructors' Champion . As of the 2024 Las Vegas Grand Prix , there have been 172 Formula One constructors who have raced at least one of the 1,123 FIA World Championship races since the first such event, the 1950 British Grand Prix . Constructors are people or corporate entities which design key parts of Formula One cars that have competed or are intended to compete in

8249-601: The name Mick Betsch —and continued to race in KF-Junior. He finished 2nd in the German Championship as well as in the European and World Championships. Although he did not race under his real surname, his successes in karting were picked up by the international press. At the end of 2014, he completed test drives for Jenzer Motorsport in a Formula 4 racing car. In 2015, Schumacher started racing in formula classes for

8362-471: The newly vacated ones. Between 1996 and 2013 the numbers were based on the teams' finishing positions in the Constructors' Championship from the previous season, with numbers 1 and 2 assigned to the defending champion and his teammate. During the period of 1974–1995 Tyrrell was the only team to keep the same numbers (3 and 4) every season. Since 2014 , racing numbers have been assigned to drivers instead of teams. The number of cars entered by one team into

8475-433: The number 47 as his two favourite numbers, 4 and 7, were already in use by Lando Norris and Kimi Räikkönen respectively. Ferrari team principal Mattia Binotto said that he expected Schumacher to have a "very difficult" first season, but added that he believed he could drive for Ferrari as early as 2023 . Schumacher qualified nineteenth for his debut race, the Bahrain Grand Prix , ahead of teammate Mazepin. He spun on

8588-617: The only on-track overtakes of the Grand Prix, passing Mazepin at the Grand Hotel Hairpin on the opening lap. At the Azerbaijan Grand Prix , he overtook Mazepin shortly before the finish line, beating him by 0.074 seconds to claim thirteenth place. Schumacher caused qualifying at the French Grand Prix to be red-flagged after crashing, although this secured him fifteenth place on the grid and marked his first appearance in

8701-473: The race at Monza , with Grosjean finishing only 16th and Magnussen retiring. Haas finished the season in 9th place in the constructors' championship with 28 points, the team's worst finish since their founding in 2016. Haas kept an unchanged lineup of Grosjean and Magnussen for the 2020 season. In the 2020 Formula One World Championship, Haas scored 3 points, with Magnussen finishing 9th in Hungary but receiving

8814-726: The receipt of the payment and Haas was allowed to leave for the Italian Grand Prix . Magnussen received two penalty points for causing a collision at the Italian Grand Prix, taking his total to twelve points in twelve months and triggering a one race ban. Reserve driver Oliver Bearman replaced him for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix . On October 11, Haas and Toyota Gazoo Racing (TGR) signed a technical partnership, where TGR will provide design, technical and manufacturing services whereas Haas will provide technical expertise and commercial benefits. Hülkenberg and Magnussen are set to depart

8927-445: The record for the most wins by a constructor with 248, the most pole positions with 253, the most points with 10256, and the most podiums with 826. Ferrari has also entered more Grands Prix than any other constructor with 1098 entries and also maintains the record for the most Grand Prix starts with 1096. The most recent constructor to make their debut was RB , which debuted at the 2024 Bahrain Grand Prix . In Formula One racing

9040-554: The rest of the season, the team fell off the pace, only scoring points on three more occasions. Grosjean picked up all 29 points en route to 8th in the Constructors' Championship. Kevin Magnussen drove alongside Grosjean in 2017, replacing Gutiérrez. In the first race of the season, the team scored its best-ever qualifying effort with Grosjean piloting the VF-17 to 6th place. However, in the race, both cars were forced to retire with mechanical failures. The second race weekend proved better for

9153-562: The role from the team's inception until January 2024. The team is headquartered in Kannapolis, North Carolina , United States – 31 mi (50 km) from Charlotte – alongside sister team and NASCAR entrant Stewart-Haas Racing , though the two teams are separate entities. The team also established a forward base in Banbury , England, to turn cars around between races during the European part of

9266-461: The same venue. In Sakhir, Schumacher qualified a career-worst 18th following an incident with Roy Nissany . He produced a good recovery drive up to sixth with the fastest lap. This meant that the points gap stayed the same going into the final race. In the Sprint race, Schumacher flat-spotted his tyres while fighting for the lead, which led to him defending from Ilott for the first half of the race. After

9379-621: The season came at the Russian Grand Prix with an oil leak. At the Turkish Grand Prix , Schumacher reached Q2 and qualified fourteenth, the highest qualifying position of his Formula One career at this point. He and Fernando Alonso collided on the opening lap, causing Schumacher to spin and eventually finish nineteenth. Alonso later apologised for his role in the incident. He started the Mexico City Grand Prix fourteenth on

9492-597: The season sixteenth in the World Drivers' Championship, with 12 points to Magnussen's 25. In December 2022, Ferrari announced that they would be ending their collaboration with Schumacher after four years, Schumacher having joined the Ferrari Driver Academy back in 2019. On the same day, Mercedes-AMG confirmed Schumacher would take on the role of reserve driver for 2023 , following his departure from Haas. Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff described Schumacher as "still hungry to learn and improve" and "ready to step into

9605-424: The season. He reached Q3 again at the Dutch Grand Prix but finished outside the points. He qualified last at the São Paulo Grand Prix whilst teammate Magnussen claimed pole position and a point in the sprint race. Ahead of the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix , Haas announced that they would part ways with Schumacher following the 2022 season. He was replaced by Nico Hülkenberg for 2023 . Schumacher ended

9718-400: The second segment of qualifying (Q2). He crashed in the final practice session for the Hungarian Grand Prix and was forced to miss qualifying as his car was not repaired in time. He avoided the collisions on the opening lap and was classified twelfth in the race, later commenting that he was proud of his performance after having on-track battles with Max Verstappen . His first retirement of

9831-475: The sprint race and holding the position to take his first win in Formula 2. Schumacher qualified sixth at Spa-Francorchamps, but both races were cancelled due to an accident that caused the death of Anthoine Hubert . At Monza, he retired from the feature race from a power issue but recovered to finish sixth in the sprint race, also achieving the fastest lap. He retired from both races in Russia , after an engine issue in

9944-497: The start of the 2017 Belgian Grand Prix , he drove his father's championship-winning Benetton B194 . He drove another of his father's championship winning cars, the Ferrari F2004 , in a demonstration before the 2020 Tuscan Grand Prix at Mugello , to mark Scuderia Ferrari 's 1000th Formula One race, wearing his father's helmet for the occasion. Schumacher credits chess as being an integral part of his mental preparation before

10057-466: The team after the 2024 season; the former will join Kick Sauber and will be replaced by Formula 2 graduate Oliver Bearman , previously a reserve driver for the team. This is the first time that Haas has taken in a rookie driver since the pairing of Nikita Mazepin and Mick Schumacher in 2021. He is set to be joined by Esteban Ocon , who will depart Alpine after five seasons with Team Enstone . Since

10170-480: The team from 2025 onward, has completed an FP1 session for Haas and has also substituted for Kevin Magnussen due to a ban at the 2024 Azerbaijan Grand Prix , and again due to illness at the 2024 São Paulo Grand Prix . In October 2024, Haas announced a technical partnership with Toyota , which would see the team integrate the services of Toyota Gazoo Racing . However, engines would continue to be provided by Ferrari. Romain Grosjean and Esteban Gutiérrez drove for

10283-480: The team in 2016. In the team's debut at the opening Australian Grand Prix , Grosjean finished 6th, scoring eight points for the team, which became the first American constructor to win points in its first F1 race. At the same race, Gutiérrez crashed out in an incident which destroyed former world champion Fernando Alonso 's McLaren and caused the race to be temporarily red-flagged. Another impressive race followed in Bahrain , where Grosjean finished 5th. However, for

10396-485: The team with Magnussen finishing 8th, scoring his first points since his 10th-place finish in the 2016 Singapore Grand Prix , and Haas's first points since the 2016 United States Grand Prix , where Grosjean finished 10th. The team's success would continue in 2017 as Haas would also go on to get their first double points finish in Monaco , where Grosjean and Magnussen finished 8th and 10th, respectively. The team finished 8th in

10509-401: The team's best qualifying position of the season to date when he qualified in second in a wet qualifying session in which he benefitted from McLaren 's Oscar Piastri crash in the early part of the qualifying session, which brought out the red flag. The rest of the grid were not able to improve on their qualifying as the rain got heavier when the session restarted. However, Hülkenberg was handed

10622-581: The team's best season result. The team's qualifying pace was evident in Austria , where Magnussen recorded the 5th-fastest time but finished the race in 19th with Grosjean 16th. Four days before the British Grand Prix , in July, the Rich Energy Twitter account announced that the sponsorship deal had been terminated, citing poor performance. This was later denied by both the team and Rich Energy's shareholders, and it

10735-452: The team's best-combined result of the season, being classified 7th and 8th after post-race penalties for other drivers. Title sponsor Rich Energy faced numerous legal issues during the year, including being found to have plagiarized the logo of bicycle manufacturer Whyte Bikes . In September, a day after the Italian Grand Prix , Rich Energy announced the termination of the deal with Haas with immediate effect. The team had earned no points for

10848-445: The team's best-ever starting grid positions with Magnussen starting 5th and Grosjean 6th, respectively. During the race, they were running in 4th, and 5th positions which would have given them their best result and half of their 2017 points tally, but both cars retired one lap after their respective pit stops. They would eventually match this 4th and 5th-place result in Austria , surpassing their 2017 points total after only nine races. At

10961-470: The team's foundation, multiple drivers have been affiliated with Haas. These include: List of Formula One constructors#Team's nationality Formula One , abbreviated to F1, is the highest class of open-wheel racing defined by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA), motorsport's world governing body. The formula in the name alludes to a series of rules established by

11074-448: The teams' finishing positions in the 1973 Constructors' Championship (with slight modifications, e.g. Ferrari's traditional numbers were 11–12 until 1980 and 27–28 from 1981 onwards) and each team only changed numbers if they had the driver who had won the World Drivers' Championship in the previous season – the winning driver taking the number 1 and his teammate the number 2, and the team that had previously had those numbers switching to

11187-525: The terms "constructor" and "entrant" have specific and differing meanings. An entrant is the person or corporate entity that registers a car and driver for a race, and is then responsible for preparing and maintaining that car during the race weekend. As a result of this preparation role and active involvement in the running of the race, the term "team" has become commonly applied to an entrant organisation. Statisticians do not always agree on how to count statistics related to these entities. Under Article 6.3 of

11300-542: The third qualifying session (Q3) for the first time in Formula One at the Spanish Grand Prix but finished the race outside the points. He had a heavy crash that split his car in half at the Monaco Grand Prix , causing the race to be red-flagged. Schumacher improved his best qualifying position at the Canadian Grand Prix , starting sixth. He was running in seventh place until an engine failure ended his race. At

11413-511: The two opening races of the season in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia with Magnussen; Schumacher failed to score points in Bahrain and did not start in Saudi Arabia due to a crash in qualifying. In the following races, Magnussen and Schumacher struggled to score points or finish the race as both drivers were sometimes in contact with other drivers despite their high starting position after qualifying. After

11526-603: The wheel of a modern Formula One car, piloting the Ferrari SF90 during the first day of in-season testing at Bahrain International Circuit . He completed 56 laps during the test. He commented that being with Ferrari "felt like home" and that he was impressed by the braking power of the SF90. He continued in-season testing for Alfa Romeo Racing the following day. Schumacher was due to make his Formula One practice debut at

11639-641: The year in Fuji where they took third in the closing laps, this result also marks Schumacher's first podium appearance since the 2020 Sochi Formula 2 round . ( key ) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) ( key ) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap) ( key ) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) ( key ) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Half points were awarded as less than 75% of race distance

11752-503: Was Nico Hülkenberg qualifying 5th at the Canadian Grand Prix but due to the VF-23's aggressive tyre wear, by the chequered flag Hülkenberg had slipped down to 15th place. Haas scored points just 5 times during the season with Hülkenberg's 7th place finish at the Australian Grand Prix being the team's best finish of the season. In August 2023, Haas announced that the 2023 driver lineup of Hülkenberg and Magnussen will be retained for

11865-514: Was asserted that the tweet was the result of a "rogue" individual. For the British Grand Prix the team elected to reverse the upgrades placed on Grosjean's car, using the same specification run in Australia, to determine the causes of the car's poor race pace. However, both drivers collided with each other on the first lap, causing a double retirement for the team. The German Grand Prix provided

11978-464: Was exceptionally tolerated, most notably regarding the BRM team in the 1971 and 1972 seasons. However, many teams during this period entered only two cars, e.g. Ferrari have entered no more than two cars (with one exception at the 1976 Italian Grand Prix in connection with Lauda 's comeback) every season since 1973 . Since the 1985 season the FIA have required that teams enter no more than two cars for

12091-754: Was in the Indianapolis 500 from 1950 to 1960 when the race was part of the Formula One World Drivers' Championship . All were based in the United States. From the inaugural 1950 British Grand Prix until the 1981 Spanish Grand Prix numerous privateer teams entered cars, built by another companies as their constructors, in World Championship events. Some of them, such as Tyrrell and Williams , later began to build their own chassis and thus became constructors as well as works teams . At

12204-469: Was involved in a collision with teammate Gelael in the first race and suffered a puncture in the second. Schumacher stalled on the grid at the Red Bull Ring and finished in 18th place before a charge through the field in the sprint race saw him finish 4th. Another sprint race points-finish came at Silverstone with sixth place. He finished 8th at the feature race in Hungary , taking reverse-grid pole for

12317-559: Was not related to Gene Haas . Following the collapse of Marussia F1 during the 2014 season and the auctioning of their assets, Haas purchased the team's Banbury headquarters to serve as a forward base for their operations. Unrestricted by testing regulations until the time the team actually entered Formula One, Haas shook its new car down in December 2015 ahead of official pre-season testing at Barcelona in early 2016. Haas approached Italian manufacturer Dallara to build their chassis, with

12430-455: Was previously linked to purchasing Force India . The team also retained their 2018 driver line up for 2019 consisting of Grosjean and Magnussen for the third consecutive year. Haas' challenger for the 2019 season was the VF-19 . The VF-19 often showed impressive pace during qualifying but struggled during the race. At the opening race in Australia , Magnussen finished 6th in what would eventually be

12543-634: Was released by Haas at the end of the season, returning as a reserve driver for both Mercedes and McLaren in 2023 ; he left both in 2024 . Outside of Formula One, Schumacher has competed in the FIA World Endurance Championship for Alpine since 2024 . Mick Schumacher was born on 22 March 1999 in Vufflens-le-Château , and grew up in Gland . He is the son of seven-time Formula One World Champion Michael Schumacher and Western riding European Champion Corinna Schumacher . His uncle Ralf Schumacher

12656-625: Was sued by Shadow on the grounds that the Arrows FA/1 car was a copy of Shadow's DN9 – a view upheld by the UK High Court , which placed a ban on Arrows racing the FA/1. There have been more recent cases with Ligier (1995), Sauber (2004), Scuderia Toro Rosso (2006–2007) and Super Aguri (2007–2008) where teams have been accused of using a chassis produced by another constructor (respectively Benetton , Ferrari , Red Bull Racing and Honda ). No action

12769-416: Was taken against any of these teams, the sporting authorities being satisfied in each case that the team owned the intellectual property to the chassis they raced. From the middle of the 1973 season (the 1973 Belgian Grand Prix ) until the end of the 2013 season, each team had permanent racing numbers from race to race throughout the season. Between the 1974 and 1995 seasons the numbers were based on

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