Formula 1 2016 Head-to-Head: Romain Grosjean vs. Esteban Gutierrez at Haas

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Published: February 15, 2016

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Formula One's newest team, Haas, will launch their first-ever car on February 22 at the Circuit de Catalunya ahead of the start of winter testing.

The pit-lane unveiling will be a low-key affair, but the team have been anything but quiet in the run-up to their debut.

New teams rarely start off with top-level drivers, but Haas grabbed the attention of the F1 world with their capture of Romain Grosjean from Lotus. The highly rated Frenchman will be joined by Ferrari-backed Esteban Gutierrez in one of the few all-new lineups on the 2016 grid.

Haas have taken an unusual route to F1, opting to contract out much of the design work on their chassis to Italian company Dallara. The team will also work very closely with Ferrari, buying in as many parts from the Scuderia as the regulations permit.

They will be hoping this approach, along with the blend of proven ability and potential in their driver lineup, will give them at least half a chance of achieving their target of points on their debut.

But the aims of Grosjean and Gutierrez will extend beyond the walls of the Haas garage, because a far greater prize than an occasional top-10 finish could be up for grabs at the end of the year.



Grosjean's performances between 2013 and 2015 transformed his career; prior to that time, he didn't appear to be going anywhere fast.

The Frenchman's first foray into F1—as a mid-season replacement for Nelson Piquet Jr. at Renault in 2009—was something of a disaster, with Grosjean failing to score a point and gaining a reputation for being accident prone.

He was dropped at the end of the year but, after two seasons of racing in sports cars, Auto GP and GP2—winning titles in both Auto GP and GP2—he was hired by Lotus to partner Kimi Raikkonen in 2012.

It was a rare second chance, and initially it appeared that he was going to blow it.

His te...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Formula 1

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