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Haas to wait until testing to fire up VF-21

Haas will have to wait until Formula 1 starts pre-season testing on March 12 to fire up their new car for the first time due to COVID-19 restrictions, team boss Guenther Steiner said on Thursday. The US-owned team have their European base in England but require Ferrari engineers to fly in from Italy to start the engine. 'We built the car in the UK but we couldn't fire it up because if we get the Ferrari engineers, which you need to fire the car up, they need to quarantine on both sides,' Steiner told reporters as the team presented the new VF-21. 'It's just not possible. So we will fire the car up in Bahrain when it gets there. It's completely built and everything. You do everything you...
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