![]() "I followed him for a while, he's a very precise driver, and I think he'll work well with Grosjean and hopefully get us as many points as we had last year times two. Born into a racing family in 1992, Kevin Magnussen was welcomed into another racing family in 2017, as the native of Roskilde, Denmark, and the son of former Formula One driver and sportscar racer Jan Magnussen became a member of Haas F1 Team a relationship that has now extended into a fifth season together. "I think he's aggressive, but yet he's pretty quiet and calm, so my feeling is he's a good complement to Grosjean, and we put him in the car and he posted fourth fastest. "Kevin, I think he has a unique personality," Haas said. ![]() The team have ditched Esteban Gutierrez from 2016 season, and have now brought in Dane Kevin Magnussen, who Haas says has a unique personality. It's intense and it's going to be more intense this year." "We've missed Q3 several times and you're talking about hundredths of a second, it could be half a second from all the teams in the middle, fifth to 15th were all within a few tenths. For Haas F1 Team, which is in its sophomore season contesting the FIA Formula One World Championship, Circuit de Barcelona Catalunya has served as its base camp. Haas team principal Guenther Steiner says he is confident the team will announce its 2017 driver line-up following next month's Italian Grand Prix. "The rest of us are somewhat competitive, all of our times are within a second or so and all of those guys are a second ahead of that, so it's kind of a two-tier competition, and it's intense. KANNAPOLIS, North Carolina (May 7, 2017) Formula One’s mountain of competitiveness is incredibly steep, and ascending it is both arduous and exhilarating. The top three teams I guess you'd say are Ferrari, Mercedes and Red Bull: they're in one league. "I look at it two ways, the teams up at the top are racing themselves. "Well our goal would be to maybe move up a position or so and, if we can snatch a podium, I think that would be a real accomplishment," Haas explained. He promptly delivered, scoring five top-10 finishes with a best of seventh in the Azerbaijan Grand Prix. The latter stages of the season were hampered by a consistent brake issue, but Haas believes that a podium is not impossible this season. Magnussen joined the American outfit for his third full season competing in the FIA Formula One World Championship in 2017 having previously driven for established marques McLaren and Renault Sport. The American outfit enjoyed relative success last year, bagging 29 points. The comments are slightly ambitious as Haas enter only their second year as a Formula 1 team. View a list of Haas F1 drivers and find in-depth stats for each driver, including race starts, wins, podiums, points, and more. Gene Haas, founder and owner of the Haas F1 team, is hoping that the team can "snatch a podium" in the 2017 season.
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