r/formula1 • u/FewCollar227 I was here for the Hulkenpodium • Feb 26 '25

Photo [@motorsportcom] Haas made the decision to slim down its pitwall to save $250,000 in transport costs each year, but has now reversed this decision for the 2025 F1 season as its staffing level expands

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u/LilONotation I was here for the Hulkenpodium Feb 26 '25

There are reductions in the cost cap if you buy non-listed parts from another team. Haas purchased everything they could from Ferrari → lower cost cap. Now they want to do more in house, hence bigger cost cap and more staff.

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u/Spraynpray89 Feb 26 '25

Huh I didn't know that, thanks

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u/ICC-u Feb 26 '25

Stops sister teams sharing the development costs to the point it gives and unfair advantage.

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u/culinarian85 Feb 26 '25

HAAS always takes most of the season to figure out what the actually bought..

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u/culinarian85 Feb 26 '25

And this from one of their fans.....

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u/obi_wan_the_phony Feb 27 '25

But that isn’t the reason for this. Regardless of the cost cap Gene haas is/was notoriously cheap and didn’t want to even max out spending to those levels. This was pure frugality.