Haas doesn't see Andretti Autosport's efforts to enter Formula 1 as a threat to its status as an American team in Formula 1. NASCAR team owner Gene Haas put his F1 outfit on its rails in 2016 when it became the first US effort to tackle Formula 1 since 1986, when namesake Carl Haas' squad was on the grid. Andretti Autosport's Michael Andretti is currently eyeing a takeover of Sauber, with talks between the two parties expected to ramp up this week in Austin. But Haas team principal Guenter Steiner believes a successful entry by Andretti into F1 would not dilute his team's US identity which - perhaps wrongly - has never been at the forefront of its existence in the sport. "I don't see...
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