
Giorgio Piola's F1 technical analysis
2019 tech verdict: Haas suffers a season to forget
Join us as we delve into Giorgio Piola’s 2019 archive and bring you insight into the relentless development undertaken by the teams throughout a season in the pursuit of more performance. In today’s gallery we will focus on… Haas.

A somewhat bizarre season for the Haas F1 Team, with the off-track distraction of the Rich Energy sponsor saga added to by technical woes that led to running its cars in two different specifications at times in an attempt to solve handling inconsistency issues.
It ended the season with Romain Grosjean using the very floor in the final race of the season that he’d used in pre-season testing! Team boss Gunther Steiner admitted it was a “lame duck” and “for me, 2019 never happened and we can forget about that year happening”.
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Haas F1 Team VF-19 front brake detail

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Haas F1 Team technical detail

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Haas F1 Team VF-19 turning vanes

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Haas F1 Team rear technical detail

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Kevin Magnussen, Haas F1 Team VF-19 sidepod detail

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Haas F1 Team VF-19, bargeboard

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Haas F1 Team VF-19 rear wing detail

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Haas F1 Team rear wing technical detail

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Haas VF-19 front wing detail

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Haas F1 Team VF-19 and Ferrari SF90 front wing detail comparison

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Author | Giorgio Piola |
2019 tech verdict: Haas suffers a season to forget
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