Why controversial Haas model must stay in F1

Haas's impressive speed in Melbourne caused alarm among some of its rivals. But is the American team's close relationship with Ferrari helpful or hurtful to F1's health?

Jonathan Noble Mar 29, 2018, 11:03 AM

Upd: Mar 30, 2018, 10:25 AM

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Romain Grosjean's actions as he put his arms around his Haas mechanics to offer comfort after the double pitstop failure in the Australian Grand Prix captured the hearts of fans around the world.

Those moments of emotion as the driver and team crew consoled each other at a table behind the Haas pits told their own story about the highs of lows of a Melbourne weekend – and epitomised the 'win together, lose together' mentality that underpins teamwork in F1.

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Author Jonathan Noble

Jonathan Noble is Motorsport.com’s Formula 1 editor. Having graduated from University of Sussex Jonathan worked for sports news agency Collings Sports reporting on F1, F3, touring cars and other sports, with articles appearing in The Daily Telegraph, The Independent, Reuters, Autosport and other publications. In 1999 he moved to Haymarket Publishing to become a senior editor at Autosport Special Projects, and one year later he became Autosport’s grand prix editor. In 2015 he moved to Motorsport Network, becoming the F1 editor for Motorsport.com. He is also a member of the Guild of Motoring Writers, and sits on the FIA Media Council.

Jonathan has won multiple awards for journalism - in 1991 he was the winner of the Guild of Motoring Writers’ Sir William Lyons’ Award for young journalists, in 2010 he was awarded the Outstanding Individual accolade for consumer journalism in the Haymarket wards, in 2011 he won Haymarket’s Scoop of the Year, and in 2018 he was awarded a prestigious Medaglia d’Oro at the Lorenzo Bandini Awards for his contribution to F1 journalism.