XPB Images Haas team principal Guenther Steiner says poaching Romain Grosjean from Lotus served to show just how committed the US squad is to compete in Formula One. Despite Haas’ close technical partnership with Ferrari, the recent demise of HRT and Caterham, as well as Manor’s exit from administration at the 11th hour, has cast doubt on the viability of future F1 programmes. Although Lotus was already in advanced talks with Renault about a future takeover, Grosjean still elected to join the new American outfit and was officially announced as its first driver a couple of days after the Japanese Grand Prix. Haas eyes points on debut but downplays rivals’ praise Steiner...
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