The Haas Formula 1 team will be at the start of the World Cup next season with a brand new pair of pilots.
Frenchman Romain Grosjean and Danish Kevin Magnussen will finish in the American team after this year. Haas did not say who will replace them, but there is speculation about, among other things, Michael Schumacher’s son Mick from the Ferrari riding academy, who works closely with Haas.
Even before the official announcement of the team, both Grosjean and Magnussen informed about their end on social networks. “The last chapter is closed, the book is over,” wrote Grosjean, 34, who is starting his ninth season in Formula 1 and has been racing for Haas since the team entered the 2016 World Cup.
Prior to that, he was engaged in Lotus, in which he won all ten podiums, but never won the race. In Haas, his maximum is fourth place at the Austrian Grand Prix 2018.
Six years younger, Magnussen has been driving for Haas since 2017 and was twice fifth best. “It’s been four great years, a great ride,” said the Danish pilot, who had worked at McLaren for two years and one at Renault.
This season, both riders have scored only three points together and are in 18th and 19th place in the standings. There are six races left until the end of the championship.
In addition to Mick Schumacher, who currently leads the Formula 2 standings and is a candidate for the cockpit in Alfa Romeo, other talent from the Ferrari Academy, Brit Calum Ilott, or experienced German Nico Hülkenberg and Mexican Sergio Pérez, who finish in Racing, are eligible as candidates for vacancies. Point. There is also speculation about the son of Russian billionaire Nikit Mazepin, who is also currently starting in Formula 2.
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