Haas are F1’s surprise pa🐽ckage of the first three rounds of the 2024 season.

The US-based team claimed a double points finish at the F1 Australian Grand Prix with 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Nico Hulkenberg ninth and 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Kevin Magnussen 10th.

Haas finished bottom of the constructors’ championship last season and appeared in disarray when popular team boss Guenther Steiner left his job, claiming the owner did not want to invest🌳 in their improvement.

It means back-to-back unexpected points finishes for Haas after Hulkenberg🦂 was 10th in Saudi Arabia.

Hulkenberg was asked i♓f he predicted Haas’ excell𒉰ent Australia weekend: “I don’t think we could say with confidence.

“But on Friday the car felt better on high fuel on long runs, than it did with low 💖fuel. That’s differen🦋t to last year, and positive.

“A clean race, a few fights here and there. The first VSC helꩲped my case.

“Good pit stops, good strategꦫy and execution by the team. With George Russell’s crash, a double points finish, pretty g🍨ood.”

Hulkenberg pinpointed the crucial factory: “We did a lot of work on th♛e aero side.

“Changed the aero characteristic.🐻 It’s much better this year, and allows us to manage the tyres better in the race. That’s the key.”

Ayao Komatsu took over from Steiner as team principal, representing a pivot from a business brain to an engineering💃 focus.

A beaming Komatsu said in Australia: “It’s amazing, two races in a ro😼w. A whole team effort. The boys d🅰id an amazing job.

“If I’m honest, our race operation was not perfect. ♓We could have done much better. But honestly I am so happy."

Komatsu said their sole error was: “Kevin’s first pit stop. That strategy wಌasn’t⭕ right. Same as Bahrain, we can’t keep making those mistakes.”

Sky Sports’ Karun Chandhok insists that the first💟 two rounds of the 2024 season hinted at Haas’ progress.

“I wouldn’t say surprised,” Chandhok reacted to their brilliant Aus♌tralia result.

“They had good race pace in the first two races.

“I am really💃 happy for Komatsu. Steiner is a huge character with big shoes toꦆ fill.

“When Komatsu was announced as the new team prin🍬cipal there was a collective♎ groan across the paddock, like ‘that’s an underwhelming choice’.

“But people underestimated him. A) he’s passionate B) he’s engineer-driven in his decisions⛦.

“I met✨ him when he worked with Anthony Davidson ജin 2001.

“He’s chan𝔉ged the mindse⛦t in that team, and their approach.

“It’s performance, performance, performance in every decision that they make. And it’s paying div꧙idend𒈔s.”

Haas are seventh in the F1 constructors’🌜 championship after the first three rounds of the 2024 season, with four points.

Below them, Sauber, Williams and A🌠lpine await their first point.