Haas gets hope after P2 on final day of testing: 'The whole team should be proud'

Max Verstappen was on top on Saturday, setting the fastest time by far in the final test session. No one seemed to come close to that time at the drop of the flag, but after nine F1 teams were already packing up their gear, Haas out of nowhere set the second fastest time of the day.

Because their equipment arrived late prior to the test week, the American team was given extra time on Friday and Saturday, to make up for lost time. On Friday Kevin Magnussen already set the fastest time and on Saturday Schumacher tried the same. He set the second-fastest time, half a second behind Verstappen.

Positive mood at Haas

The German is entering his second year in F1 this season, and it looks like this year he is going to be more successful, he explained on The site of Haas. "We have a good car, we have something we can work with, so everyone can be really happy and proud of themselves that we’ve achieved that. Now we have to be able to put it down on track when it matters, and that’s next week. I’m very much looking forward to what’s coming this year."

Magnussen, who was only announced as a Haas driver for 2022 at the first test day in Bahrain, is also happy with the development of his old team. The only blemish on the test week in Bahrain is the limited number of laps the duo were able to drive. Due to various problems they were not able to do the amount of laps, but it seems that Haas has much more speed in them than a year ago.