Gene Haas admits his years of struggling in NASCAR was the reason he aligned his F1 team so closely, and controversially, with Ferrari ahead of 2016.
The Haas team has enjoyed a remarkable start to life in Formula One, with Romain Grosjean finishing sixth in Australia and fifth in Bahrain. Haas is powered by Ferrari and has as many parts from the Italian team as allowed under the regulations, while it also enjoyed extensive use of the Maranello wind tunnel last year.
That arrangement was controversial and last year the FIA closed the windtunnel loophole for future new entries.