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- For the second consecutive season, the American-based Haas F1 Team is last in the Formula 1 Constructors' Championship.
- The six-year-old F1 team received an infusion of new capital in 2021 with the addition of Uralkali sponsorship. Uralkali is a Russian potash fertilizer giant and headed by Dimtry Mazepin, who is the the father of Haas driver Nikita Mazepin.
- Haas drivers Mick Schumacher and Nikita Mazepin are both rookies in the series and under contract for 2022.
Team principal Guenther Steiner is downplaying suggestions that the Haas F1 Team project may be coming to an end in Formula 1.
The American F1 team only started the 2021 season with a new driver lineup, Dmitry Mazepin's sponsorship injection, and extra support by Ferrari. Haas is treading water in 2021 by focusing exclusively on developing an all-new car for next year, but boss Steiner denied that the team might not make it to 2022 at all.
"I think I can say the team is secure," he told the Australian "In The Fast Lane" GP podcast. "We are fine. We have got a long-term commitment from Mr. (Gene) Haas to Formula 1, our finances are good, we found ways to cross that bridge, so I'm really happy with that one."
The team is last in the Formula 1 standings in the early going this season after finishing last in 2020. Now in its sixth season, the team has yet to score a single podium finish in the sport.
Steiner says Haas has been working on the 2022 car since early February, and he's convinced that the team will pull itself off the last rows of the grid.
"We've got people joining us from Ferrari on secondment—long-term secondment obviously—and that gives me the confidence, because otherwise how can you be confident if you are like last year?" he said. "We did a lot of changes and we already rebuilt the whole team—they are working already."
As for 2021, Steiner said Haas will gauge the success of the season not in terms of points, but "how much progress these guys are making.'
He is referring to rookies Mick Schumacher and Nikita Mazepin, who are already under contract for 2022.
"There will be some down moments," Steiner said. "I mean, me personally on a Sunday night if you've finished 15th and 16th you're not having the greatest Sunday evening. But you just need to keep focused, believe in the team and yourself, and it's only 10 more months to go anyway."
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