Haas fans were optimistic going into to the Malaysian Grand Prix. Haas F1 teammates remind groshan and Esteban Gutierrez qualified 12th and 13th respectively. The 7 race trout of not scoring points has left the American team rather stagnant and in need of encouragement.
Encouragement would not come this race weekend. Gutierrez got a puncture on his front tire at the first turn of the race start when the Ferrari of Sebastian Vettel and tge Mercedes Nico rosberg got into a scrap fighting for position. Gutierrez is the car that got hurt and put him in last place, 20th position.
Romain Grosjean’s race ended on lap 9 when he experienced complete brake failure at turned 15. This car was safely captured by the gravel but his race was done.
For Esteban Gutierrez, his race ended one lap 41 when his left front tire came off of his car. There was no explanation as to why this happened happened. For the Haas Team it’s another race with no points.
Japanese Grand Prix is next. The Suzuki track is one of the most exciting in the world. Because it has that cross over it’s technically a Figure 8. Just like the race set we got as kids for Christmas. Until Japan, sayonara!