It appears Gene Haas will not have a formula one team on next year’s grid.<\/p>\n
As recently as last week, it was reported that the Nascar team co-owner’s ‘plan A’ was to debut with a Gunther Steiner-led, North Carolina-based F1 team in 2015.<\/p>\n
At the same time, Haas was trying to put together a 200-strong workforce.<\/p>\n
“There are many interested parties,” a source told Auto Motor und Sport last week, “but we can only hire people when we know who our engine partner is.”<\/p>\n
At the Indianapolis 500 last weekend, Haas told motorsport.com that plans to use Ferrari technology are on track. “We haven’t exactly signed a formal contract (with Ferrari) but we’re pretty close,” he said.<\/p>\n
And he met with likely chassis maker Dallara during the Indianapolis visit.<\/p>\n
“They all can do it, they all want to do it, they’re all very interested in helping us,” said Haas.<\/p>\n
He hinted, however, that time is running out to be ready for 2015.<\/p>\n
“I think they are looking at it as a good long-time partnership but it just comes down to you have to order things and it takes time to order things and get things scheduled.<\/p>\n
“It just seems that it’s taking longer to accomplish what we wanted to do than we thought,” Haas added.<\/p>\n
The latest news is that Haas has apparently now decided to target a 2016 debut rather than rush onto next year’s grid.<\/p>\n
“It’s already June,” he said, “so it’s just seven months away and the timing issues are starting to get real crazy.”<\/p>\n
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