Brake supplier switch unlikely for Haas in Sochi

As it works to solve its inconsistent brake performance, the Haas F1 Team is unlikely to switch manufacturers for this weekend's Russian Grand Prix.

Plagued with brake problems since last year, Romain Grosjean saw his confidence a bit eroded which has led Haas to consider a switch from Brembo to Carbone Industrie following a test of the latter's product at Bahrain last week.

"They feel very similar," Grosjean admitted.

"But we can see from the telemetry that a few things are already working better," he is quoted by Auto Motor und Sport.

"They behave more in the way I like at the end of the braking process."

The Frenchman recognized however that Brembo has been making recent progress.

"There was an update in China and since then it has worked better. We had to wait a year and half to get it."

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Switching to Carbon Industries would not be simple for Haas.

It is not just the braking material that changes, but also the surrounding equipment and then tuning the complex brake-by-wire and MGU-K integration.

"We should be completely sure that we are improving," Grosjean underlined.

"We cannot sacrifice practice sessions to continue working on brakes," he said.

Brakes aside, Haas is having a good second season to date, even if the high points finishes are not yet consistently flowing.

"Renault is faster than us in qualifying," said Grosjean, "but we have the better race pace."

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