11 Mar 2015

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Haas F1 makes key signings for '16 grid

ALAN BALDWIN
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<strong>DEEP POCKETS: </strong> Nascar legend Gene Haas (above) and his team are getting all their ducks in a row to join the Formula 1 grid in 2016. <em>Image: AFP</em>
<strong>DEEP POCKETS: </strong> Nascar legend Gene Haas (above) and his team are getting all their ducks in a row to join the Formula 1 grid in 2016. <em>Image: AFP</em>

LONDON, England - The Haas Formula 1 team has bought Marussia's former HQ in central England and hired key technical personnel ahead of a race debut planned for Australia in 2016.

The first American-owned team in 30 years said in a statement that plans were on schedule since the purchase of what will be its European base in Banbury, within easy distance of Silverstone racetrack.

Dave O'Neill and Rob Taylor have joined from Marussia as team manager and chief designer; Ben Agathangelou has moved across from Ferrari as chief aerodynamicist.

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