Haas F1 team ‘learned more in Bahrain test than all of 2025’

Haas Formulation 1 driver Esteban Ocon says the American outfit “realized the quantity that we realized in the entire of final yr” throughout the Bahrain pre-season check.

Final week’s Bahrain check was the primary official operating of the brand new automotive laws, following the Barcelona shakedown on the finish of January.

Haas comes into the brand new guidelines period off the again of a disappointing 2025 marketing campaign, wherein it completed eighth within the constructors’ standings and simply shy of 60 factors off midfield chief Williams.

However the American workforce has loved a optimistic winter up to now, finishing excessive mileage in testing and displaying promising tempo, with Ollie Bearman sixth total after three days of operating at Bahrain.

“Feeling good,” Esteban Ocon stated.

“We’re in all probability the second workforce with probably the most laps all through the entire testing section.

“We’re actually sturdy on the reliability aspect.

“We’ve managed to collect a variety of data, a variety of knowledge, and we made a step ahead when it comes to efficiency and understanding.”

Ocon praised Haas’ readiness this winter in getting the brand new automotive on monitor for the primary assessments, whereas noting that it has realized extra over the past week in Bahrain than it did throughout the 2025 marketing campaign.

“I feel when it comes to how prepared we have been, we have been one of many first ones to place the automotive on monitor,” he added.

“Some groups weren’t prepared. We have been. And we introduced some updates fairly late into final yr.

“So, it was very spectacular from the workforce’s aspect to have the ability to be that prepared and to have the ability to have the miles early on within the automotive.

“On that aspect of issues it’s good. In fact, we nonetheless want to know a variety of issues.

“There’s a variety of gadgets on the vitality administration and stuff we have to repair and get higher, and that we’re studying as we go.

“However total I feel, in three days, we’ve realized the quantity that we realized in the entire of final yr.”

Haas workforce boss Ayao Komatsu revealed on Friday that Haas would have extra updates to deliver for subsequent week’s Bahrain check, with that package deal more likely to be raced in Australia.