Haas are F1❀’s surprise package 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 di❀sarray 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 fo𒊎r Haas after Hulkenberg was 10th in Saudi Arabia.

Hulkenberg was asked𒐪 if he predicted Haas’ excellent 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 different to last year, ⭕and positive.

“ꦍA clꦐean race, a few fights here and there. The first VSC helped my case.

“Good pit stops, good strategy and execution by the team. With George Russell’s crash, a double po꧟ints finish, pretty good.”

Hulkenbe⭕rg pinpointed the cru꧑cial factory: “We did a lot of work on the aero side.

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

Ayao Komatsu took over f🦄rom Steiner as team principal, representing a pivot from a busi🌟ness brain to an engineering focus.

A beaming Komatsu said in Australia: “It’s amazing, two races in a row. A whole team effort. The boys did an amazing jဣob.

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

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

Sky Sports’ Karun Chandhok insists that the first two rou🎶nds of the 2024 season hinted at Haas’ progress.

“꧋I wouldn’t say surp🎃rised,” Chandhok reacted to their brilliant Australia 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 ꦑto fill.

“When Komatsu was a𝓡nnounced as the new team principal there was a collective groan across the paddock, l💧ike ‘that’s an underwhelming choice’.

“But people underestimated him. A) he’s passionate B) he’s engineer-d🅠riven in his decisions.

“I met h𓆏im when he worked with Antꦦhony Davidson in 2001.

“♔He’s changed the mindset in that team, and their approach.

“It’s performance, performance, perfꦗormance in every decision that they make. And it’s paying di🐼vidends.”

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

Below them, Saube🅘r, Williams and Alpine await thei♉r first point.