HAAS VF-23, HEAVILY UPDATED AND SPECIAL EDITION LIVERY

Haas F1 Team drivers Nico Hulkenberg and Kevin Magnussen will tackle COTA in a heavily updated VF-23 entry. The long-awaited update package on the VF-23 is wholly aerodynamic-led.

Almost the entire bodywork has been revised, including floor, engine cover, sidepod inlet, sidepods, quarter panel and padding gills.

The objective of the upgrade is to improve the aerodynamic characteristics of the car as a whole, the team seeking improved consistency as well as better aerodynamic delivery.

Crucially the latest-spec package will provide valuable data to inform the overall direction of the team’s 2024 entry, the third year of the current design regulations.

The aesthetics of the VF-23 will look somewhat different too this weekend with a special edition livery being run across both cars.

Having previewed the one-off United States Grand Prix race suits to be worn by Hulkenberg and Magnussen last week, the VF-23 will sport a ‘Stars & Stripes’ themed livery including the team’s tagline for the weekend – ‘We The People’ – the opening line of the United States Constitution.

In addition to this, MoneyGram will celebrate the one-year anniversary of the announcement of the Dallas-based company becoming the team’s title partner with an additional touch to the livery of the car – to be revealed on Thursday 19 October.

There will be an extra star on the car too with the bright yellow star of the Starlight Children’s Foundation adorning the rear wing of both entries, the team continuing its activations on and off-site over the weekend with the charity formed with a mission to deliver happiness to seriously ill children and their families, now working with over 800 children’s hospitals across America.