Gene Haas has tasked his Formula One team with closing its gap in performance to Ferrari to just 0.5s per lap this year.
The Haas F1 team is entering its third season in Formula One after finishing its first two years eighth in the constructors' championship. Its technical partnership with Ferrari -- which sees the Haas car share as many common parts as the regulations allow with Ferrari's design -- has helped the team avoid many of the pitfalls faced by other new F1 outfits in the past decade.
However, given the amount of shared parts between the two cars, Haas wants his team to up its game in its third year of competition and close the gap to Ferrari.