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'Haas not ready for a US driver yet'

The US-owned Haas Formula One team have nothing against American drivers but are just not ready to hire one yet, team owner Gene Haas said on Tuesday. The industrialist, who also runs a Nascar outfit, said in an interview conducted by the team that Haas needed to improve a lot first. "I believe in American drivers - my Nascar team is full of them, and we’ve won a lot of races and championships. Sure there are competent American drivers who can compete in Formula One. "But we're not ready for that yet, and with the limited amount of testing teams have, getting anyone up to speed who hasn't already been a part of a development program would be hard." Haas spoke after team...
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