There will be a new team in the paddock when the 2016 Formula One season begins this weekend in Australia, and if Gene Haas can replicate the success he has enjoyed in NASCAR, the sport could be in for a shakeup.
Having postponed its entry until 2016, Haas F1 takes to the grid for its first race Sunday using a Ferrari power unit, and the North Carolina-based outfit — also operating out of the Marussia team's former Banbury base, northwest of London — will be hopeful of making an impact.
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Mechanical problems dogged Haas' second preseason test in Barcelona, with Romain Grosjean also leaving the track twice after the team had racked up 281 laps in the first test.