Haas' Double DNF at the Dutch GP

Aug 26, 2026 6:15 PM

It was not a good weekend for Haas. In all honesty, it hasn't been a good season for the Kannapolis team.

Both Ollie Bearman and Esteban Ocon got DNFs at Zandvoort, and as expected, left the many questions unaswered about the fate of the season.

Ollie Bearman was the first to call it quits, stopping his car against the wall. This happened right after the restart of Verstappens turn 14 crash on lap 1.

This means that the Haas driver only completed ONE LAP of the Dutch Grand Prix.

Haas' Esteban Ocon at the Dutch Grand Prix.  REUTERS/Jakub PorzyckiHaas' Esteban Ocon at the Dutch Grand Prix.  REUTERS/Jakub Porzycki

Having missed out on SQ1, Bearman and the team had not seen much track time that weekend, so when his car sputtered to a stop,  the engineers were at a loss.

Ocon's DNF came later in the race, when he suffered a power unit issue, he parked up and caused a Virtual Safety Car.

Haas needs to take a good look and introduce upgrades to both cars. The last upgrades came at the Canadian GP, so it's time to go back to the wind tunnel, so to speak.

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