The new Haas F1 Team has released a short video showing off preparations on its race trucks ahead of its debut season.

Haas will make its on-track debut at the first pre-season test at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, with the team having just eight days to prepare for the opening race of the season in Melbourne. Back at the team's UK base in Banbury, Haas has been preparing its race trucks ahead of the start of testing, featuring a grey and red livery:

The team has yet to make any announcement regarding its car livery with the opening race of the season still over two months away. F1i understands a decision has not yet been taken on the car's colour despite reports in December suggesting the team had opted for yellow.

Haas announced at the end of last week that its first car - which comprises a Ferrari power unit and a chassis built by Dallara - has passed the mandatory FIA crash tests, clearing the way for it to start testing.

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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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