The season of presentations is inaugurated. Haas has unveiled the first single-seater designa for the 2023 season and although we will have to wait until February 11 in a shakedown In Silverstone to find out what the definitive car is like, the American team has shown the livery with the decoration that a VF-23 that gets serious facing the new course. The color black takes center stage compared to the combination of white and red that he wore last season, which means that the team completely gets rid of any trace of the Russian flag that was glimpsed as a result of some sponsorships that, therefore, are also renewed roughly.
The car with which they will compete Hulkenberg and Magnussen from this season will have MoneyGram as one of the main sources of income. The transfer company will also name a team that introduces itself as the MoneyGram Haas F1 Team and partnership already unveiled during the United States GP due to the location of origin of the company and the team. Significantly featured on the engine cover and front wing, the sponsorship is Haas Automation, the company of team owner Gene Haas, maintains its presence on the sidepods and rear wing, while Hantec Markets, Palm Angels, OpenSea, Alpinestars and Tricorp Enjoy will also have their space on the VF-23’s new look.
Haas gets into “a new season fueled by some solid performances of the team last year and a return to the points”, with “the aim of doing that (score points) more constantly. With Magnussen and Hülkenberg we have an experienced couple of pilots more than capable of reaching those points on Sundays”, acknowledges Gene Haas, before The beginning of a new age with a clear plan and vision, to achieve new goals this year” shared by Alex Holmes, President and CEO of MoneyGram.
The other visible head of Haas, Guenther Steiner, team manager, shares “the enthusiasm of everyone around the presentation, because it means that we are one step closer to doing what we really want to do: run.” They will start doing it with that shakedown at Silverstone on February 11 and they will meet their other rivals for the first time on the 23rd of that same month, with the pre-season tests in Bahrain that will begin to give glimpses of what the course may be. While knowing what will become of the rest is still unknown, The American team prepares with “two talents” to try to level up.