Haas F1 Team
MoneyGram Haas F1 Team finished with Nico Hulkenberg 11th and Kevin Magnussen 12th at the 2024 Formula 1 Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix, Round 7 of the Formula 1 World Championship, held Sunday at Imola.
Hulkenberg started from 10th place on Pirelli P Zero Yellow medium tyres and gained two positions on the opening lap, overtaking the RB pair of Yuki Tsunoda and Daniel Ricciardo. Hulkenberg came in on lap 13 for White hard tyres but was undercut by Tsunoda and later relinquished further positions to the offset and recovering Red Bull of Sergio Perez before being passed by Aston Martin’s Lance Stroll to drop out of the top 10 runners. Hulkenberg took the checkered flag just shy of the points in 11th place.
Magnussen took the start from 18th on the grid, also on medium tyres, and slotted into 14th during the early stages of the race. Magnussen ran a long first stint before coming in on lap 37 for hards, emerging on track in 17th place. Magnussen used the fresher tyres to good effect to carve his way through the midfield contingent and followed Hulkenberg home by finishing in the 12th spot, 1.1 seconds behind his teammate. Magnussen gained six places, the biggest mover in the race
Kevin Magnussen
Ayao Komatsu, Team Principal
Again, slightly mixed feelings. I think Kevin drove a really great race, a good, clean race, especially after Miami, and I think he delivered. I think he would’ve had a decent chance of scoring points in P10 if it wasn’t for the timing of his pit stop. The pit stop itself wasn’t great but we just took too much risk delaying a stop as late as that, so that’s frustrating. The positive thing here is Kevin drove very well, he deserved to score points.
It was a bit tricky for Nico as he was fighting against two RBs, which is our main competitor. He drove a good race, but pitting that early in terms of hard tyre degradation wasn’t easy, so in hindsight, we probably would’ve done something different there. All in all, it’s very positive that we’ve done seven races, and at every single race, we’re there or thereabouts on the edge of scoring points, but there is no margin. I’m encouraged by this development, and in Monaco, we’re looking forward to having another crack at it.
