The Haas F1 Team will keep its driver line-up unchanged next season, the US outfit retaining the services of both Romain Grosjean and Kevin Magnussen.
Grosjean entertained hopes of joining Ferrari next season, where a seat may become available. But Haas team owner Gene Haas underlined continuity as the reason for keeping both drivers on-board.
"We will run with the same drivers that we have this year again next year. That is a given," Haas told the official F1 website.
"And given the other continuity aspects, we should be better racers next season."
Haas also said that he is delighted with Kevin Magnussen's performance year-to-date, praising the team's decision last winter to hire the Dane from Renault as Esteban Gutierrez's replacement.
"Esteban was a good driver. He was as fast as Romain [Grosjean] in practice, but I think that Kevin has an edge in terms of race experience," Haas said.
"He can score points and that was the key for bringing him on board. Kevin can grab points and Romain can too.
"We now have 29 points. Last year around this time we also had 29 points, but did not score for the rest of the season. So now if we can score another 29 points by Abu Dhabi, that would be a great position."
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