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Haas: It feels like we're racing in Formula 1.5

AUSTIN, Texas -- Gene Haas says the performance advantage of Formula One's top three teams makes it feel like the rest are competing in a different racing class.

The Haas team is fighting Renault for fourth in the championship this year, the position which has become customarily known as 'best of the rest' in recent seasons. Only Mercedes, Red Bull and Ferrari have won a race in the V6 turbo era, which started in 2014.

Haas believes beating Renault in his team's third season of existence would be like winning a championship.

"I feel we are not really racing F1, we are racing F1.