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United States Grand Prix: Race team notes - Haas

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19/10/2025

MoneyGram Haas F1 Team finished with Oliver Bearman ninth, and Esteban Ocon 15th, at the United States Grand Prix, held Sunday at the Circuit of The Americas.

Bearman took the start from eighth position on Pirelli P Zero Yellow medium tires and briefly moved into seventh, before being shuffled down to 10th place amid the jostling in the early phases of the race. A clash between Carlos Sainz and Kimi Antonelli promoted Bearman into eighth, before he pitted on lap 30 for Red soft tires. Bearman chased down Red Bull's Yuki Tsunoda and attempted a move into turn 15 on lap 35, but spun in avoidance of the driver ahead and dropped to ninth. Bearman nonetheless recovered the VF-25 to the track and classified in ninth place, adding two more points to his and MoneyGram Haas F1 Team's season tally.

Ocon started the grand prix from 17th on the grid on White hard tires, and moved up two spots to 15th, settling into a rhythm through the opening stint. Ocon made his sole pit stop on lap 24, exchanging hards for mediums, and moved into 13th place, before falling behind drivers on softer tires in the closing stages. Ocon took the checkered flag in 15th position.

MoneyGram Haas F1 Team holds ninth position in the Constructors' Championship, now on 48 points.

Ollie Bearman: "Heading into this weekend, if you'd told me I'd cross the line P8 in the Sprint, and finish P9 today - I would've been very happy. On the face of it, it was a good weekend and we got some good points for the team, but it was clear there was more out there. Regarding the incident with Yuki (Tsunoda), I felt it was very dangerous and against the spirit of the regulations. Although I avoided a crash, I lost two positions so it's a shame, and it's disappointing as it's clear I had more pace today."

Esteban Ocon: "It was a very tough afternoon, to say the least. I gained three or four positions in Turn 1, and then lost them all in the first couple of laps really because of sliding with no grip on the hard tire. From there on, the pace was okay but we couldn't recover what we lost in that first 25 or 30 laps. It's quite clear to us why it was such a hard weekend, the high-speed section was incredibly hard so we had to drop a lot of aero balance which cost us in other places - we need to review. It's good for the team that we got two points from the race today."

Ayao Komatsu, Team Principal: "Firstly, I want to congratulate everyone's hard work for bringing this update to the track, because we needed it and it worked. The way we raced this weekend, is thanks to that. We all feel slightly disappointed finishing P9, which is the amazing thing because the best result we could've had today was P7. We look ahead now to the next race, we need to bring Esteban up - he's struggling a little bit with a certain feeling in the car, but you can see the potential is there. I don't see any reason, if we address that, why we can't get both cars into the points. It's a good thing we can look at doing that straightaway again next weekend in Mexico."

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