The Haas F1 Team has announced its first car has passed the FIA crash tests ahead of pre-season testing.

Ahead of its debut F1 season, Haas took to Twitter to confirm it has passed the mandatory crash tests, a major milestone in a new car build. Haas - which has facilities in both Kannapolis in North Carolina and Banbury in the UK - has entered in to a close technical partnership with Ferrari ahead of its first season in F1, with the chassis being produced by Dallara.


Haas will have just two pre-season tests to run its car before the first race in Melbourne, down from three tests last year. Pre-season testing takes place at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya from February 22-25 and March 1-4.

The Australian Grand Prix takes place on March 20.

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Andrew first became a fan of Formula 1 during the time when Michael Schumacher and Damon Hill were stepping into the limelight after the era of Alain Prost, Nigel Mansell and Aryton Senna. He's been addicted ever since, and has been writing about the sport now for nearly a quarter of a century for a number of online news sites. He's also written professionally about GP2 (now Formula 2), GP3, IndyCar, World Rally Championship, MotoGP and NASCAR. In his other professional life, Andrew is a freelance writer, social media consultant, web developer/programmer, and digital specialist in the fields of accessibility, usability, IA, online communities and public sector procurement. He worked for many years in magazine production at Bauer Media, and for over a decade he was part of the digital media team at the UK government's communications department. Born and raised in Essex, Andrew currently lives and works in south-west London.

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