The Formula 1 is about to witness a change significant in the panorama technician. Simone Resta, technical director of Haas, recently announced its decision to leave your current position.
The news has aroused great interest, especially considering the crucial period that the American team is facing. Haas is indeed preparing the VF-24or the single-seater for the 2024 championship. Simone Subtractiona 53-year-old originally from Imola, had started his own collaboration with the Haas on January 1st 2021. It all started thanks to a “loan” on the part of Ferrari.
His decision to leave the team could be attributed to the difficult period of Haas, which concluded the Constructors’ Championship 2023 all’last place. Despite some promising performance peaks of the VF-23, the team was unable to capitalize fully the potential of the car.
AUTóDROMO JOSé CARLOS PACE, BRAZIL – NOVEMBER 04: Kevin Magnussen, Haas VF-23 during the Brazilian GP at Autódromo José Carlos Pace on Saturday November 04, 2023 in Sao Paulo, Brazil. (Photo by Zak Mauger / LAT Images)
Stay seems to have had disagreements with the strategy of development of the team, in particular regarding the direction to take to improve the car’s performance. Some rumors suggest that he would have preferred concentrate the budget of development on first version of the VF-23. The car was very fast on the dry ride ma underperforming In the race pace. Despite that, Gene Haas it would have required and approach ai RedBull principlesa choice which, however, would not have met expectations.
With the technical market open in view of the new smaller and lighter single-seaters of 2026, Subtraction he decided to change air, not having but one clear alternative in hand. The engineer from Emilia, with long experience in Formula 1, was entered in the highest category in 1998 with the Minardi. Then moving on to Ferrari In the 2001 e all’ Alfa Romeo In the 2018before a brief return to Maranello In the 2019.
It will therefore be interesting to follow Simone Resta’s next steps, to find out if he will return to Ferrari o will answer to any proposals which could come from other teams, such as Audiwhere it already has accumulated vari admirers.