Haas Automation is the largest machine tool builder in the western world, manufacturing a complete line of CNC vertical machining centers, horizontal machining centers, CNC lathes, and rotary products.
The company is also involved in motorsports: it owns the Haas F1 Team and the Haas Factory Team in NASCAR, and was formerly a co-owner of NASCAR team Stewart–Haas Racing.
Haas have raised some eyebrows in 2026 so far, with Ollie Bearman delivering some very strong results. But can the American team stay at the top of the midfield after the coming races?
The state of play at Haas after three rounds of the 2026 season
The Haas F1 team has started the 2026 season as best-of-the-rest behind the big squads. But can it stay there over 19 more races?
Haas Haas is an American F1 team and the brainchild of NASCAR Cup Series bigshot Gene Haas. Gene started his F1 operation in 2014 and since then has gradually built a solid reputation for producing cars and drivers which often punch above their weight. The team also got a ton of fame and air time thanks to the sweary team principal Guenther Steiner on the hit Netflix show 'Drive to Survive ...
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Haas is aiming to front load its upgrade schedule this season to improve performance as early as possible, despite the challenging run of races after the April break. New regulations tend to lead to a high rate of development, with larger gains possible from each update during the first year of a ruleset.