Haas F1 Team
MoneyGram Haas F1 Team finished with Nico Hulkenberg 11th and Kevin Magnussen 18th at the 2024 Formula 1 Dutch Grand Prix, Round 15 of the 2024 World Championship – held Sunday at Circuit Zandvoort.
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Hulkenberg started from 12th on the grid on Pirelli P Zero Yellow medium tyres and gained a spot off the line before conceding a place to the recovering Mercedes of Lewis Hamilton. Hulkenberg made an early pit stop on lap 14, switching onto White hard tyres, and cycled through to ninth place as the pit stop phase played out. Hulkenberg consequently ran a lengthy 57-lap stint on the hard tyres but could not prevent Pierre Gasly and Fernando Alonso – on fresher tyres – from moving ahead in the closing stages, leaving the German driver to classify in 11th position.
Magnussen started from the pit lane after the Energy Store and Control Electronics were changed in his VF-24 before the race. Magnussen ran a long first stint on the hard compound before pitting on lap 40 for medium tyres, cycling through to emerge ahead of Valtteri Bottas and Zhou Guanyu. Magnussen finished the race in 18th, battling in the closing stages with RB driver Yuki Tsunoda.
Nico Hulkenberg
I feel a bit disappointed right now. After a very difficult weekend, we managed to turn around two meaningful sessions. It looked very promising for most of the race, but I don’t think we got the strategy right. We might have been too aggressive with the pitstop, but I need to go back and understand more. In the end, Pierre (Gasly) and Fernando (Alonso) had much fresher tyres so that I couldn’t fight back. It’s a shame, as maybe a point or two would’ve been possible today, but overall, it was a good recovery from a difficult weekend.
Kevin Magnussen
Starting from the pit lane – we knew it would be a difficult race – and it was. I think the pace looked decent from where I was, although I still needed to see everyone’s times. However, it felt strong when I was fighting people. I had an off on lap one or two, which cost me a place, and then I got stuck in traffic after the first stop. I don’t think we had a bad pace, and although we haven’t come away with much, the pace felt decent – not great, but not bad. Hopefully, the next races with more medium downforce levels will benefit us.
Ayao Komatsu, Team Principal
Nico had an excellent race, of course, he started the weekend off the backfoot which translated into poor qualifying position but from P12 he had a very strong race. We didn’t execute our strategy very well, we didn’t do certain basics well, and I think we could’ve fought for P9 or P10 if we’d had better race execution. We had to change his battery on Kevin’s side, so he started from the pit lane. It’s very difficult to recover at this circuit, but I think we did the best we could. With the traffic and our car’s strengths and weaknesses in certain places, he couldn’t do much, so he was limited. There are certain positives, like Nico’s performance being very strong, and I think Kevin in clear air was also strong. There are positives, but we must put it all together next weekend.
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