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Gene Francis Haas (born November 12, 1952) is the American founder, president, and sole stockholder of Haas Automation, a CNC machine tool manufacturer. He also has a presence in motorsports, having founded NASCAR team Haas CNC Racing (now known as Stewart-Haas Racing) and the Formula One team, Haas F1 Team .
For Gene Haas, founder of Haas F1 Team in the FIA Formula One World Championship, that has proven to be his formula for success in business, racing and philanthropy. Haas was born on Nov. 12, 1952 in the industrial town of Youngstown, Ohio.
Gene Haas founded Haas Automation, Inc., in 1983 to manufacture economical and reliable machine tools. The company entered the machine tool industry with the first-ever, fully automatic, programmable collet indexer – a device used to position parts for machining with very high accuracy.
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Jan 13, 2024 · Speaking in an exclusive interview with Formula1.com, Gene Haas made clear that the call to replace Steiner “came down to performance”, with the team slipping to the bottom of the constructors’ standings in 2023 – scoring just 12 points from 22 races – and not placing higher than eighth over the last five seasons.
The youngest team on the grid, Haas made their highly impressive debut in 2016, and in the process became the first all-American-led F1 squad in three decades. Founded by industrialist Gene Haas, they are based in the United States on the same Kannapolis, North Carolina facility as his championship-winning NASCAR Sprint Cup Series team, Stewart ...
Feb 11, 2024 · Haas are the most recent all-new F1 entry after Gene Haas purchased the factory of Banbury-based Marussia F1 to enter the sport in 2016. Their strong links with Ferrari have helped with their operation, and in keeping costs down.
Jan 11, 2024 · Team owner Gene Haas says "it doesn't seem like continuing with what we had is really going to work" after Guenther Steiner's exit; while Haas says he's not blaming the team's underperformance...
Feb 28, 2024 · Gene Haas’ explanation for changing the leadership at his Formula 1 team has increased pressure. The 71-year-old is committed to his team to “survive for the next 10 years.”
Mar 22, 2024 · Haas F1 Team current team principal. Gene Haas promoted Ayao Komatsu from his role as director of engineering in January 2024 to replace Guenther Steiner as the team principal of Haas F1 Team. Komatsu had worked for Haas since they debuted in 2016. Steiner left Haas in December 2023 as his contract ended.
