Revised Haas F1 car not good enough yet after COTA upgrades

Haas brought a huge package of upgrades to Austin, and like others who faced the challenge of only having FP1 in which to hone updated cars, the team struggled to optimise the VF-23.

Following the Saturday sprint the team took the decision to take both cars out of parc ferme and switch to a higher downforce rear wing, in essence to stop the rear sliding and protect the tyres.

That meant that Kevin Magnussen and Nico Hulkenberg had to abandon…