Haas F1 Team
MoneyGram Haas F1 Team finished with Nico Hulkenberg eighth and Kevin Magnussen 11th at the 2024 Formula 1 United States Grand Prix, Round 19 of the 2024 World Championship, held Sunday at the Circuit of The Americas.
Hulkenberg took the start from 11th on the grid on Pirelli P Zero Yellow medium tyres – gaining one spot from qualifying due to a penalty for George Russell. The German racer passed Aston Martin’s Fernando Alonso and entered the pits on lap 27, taking on a set of hard white tyres at the stop. Hulkenberg ran a solid second stint to finish in eighth place, leading the midfield battle and adding four more points to MoneyGram Haas F1 Team’s tally, marking the fifth successive race, including Saturday’s Sprint, inside the top 10.
Magnussen started the 56-lap charge from eighth place, also on medium tyres and with an added grid position due to a penalty for Russell, before moving up a spot on the opening lap to hold seventh. The Dane ran a two-stop strategy, coming in on lap 17 for hard tyres, then pitting again on lap 38 for a set of medium rubber. Unfortunately for Magnussen, the two-stop strategy failed to pay dividends, and he finished just outside of the points, in 11th overall, having been overhauled by one-stop rivals.
Kevin Magnussen
Ayao Komatsu, Team Principal
It was a bit of a mixed result, but it was good to get P8 with Nico. He executed a perfect one-stop strategy, and considering the situation, he managed the tyres very well and communicated well. On Kevin’s side, it was almost the opposite as our baseline was a two-stop strategy, and then there was some messy communication towards the end of the race. I feel that we should’ve scored points with both cars today. Although Kevin may have struggled to hang on top of P10, at least he would’ve had a chance. If we had come away from here with P8 and P10, that would’ve been the best result, but unfortunately, only Nico scored today. We got seven points out of the weekend and two ahead of RB, so that’s the positive. We’re now P6 in the Constructors’ Championship with five events to go, and we’re competitive, so we’ll go for more.
