After a respectable P7 finish in 2024, Haas currently hold ninth place in the Teams\u2019 Championship at the midway point of 2025, a season in which the team have fielded an all-new line-up in Esteban Ocon and Ollie Bearman. Amid a tight midfield battle, can the American outfit find more consistency during the remainder of the campaign? Let\u2019s take a look at their half term report\u2026<\/p>\n
Best finish<\/p>\n
Esteban Ocon \u2013 5th in China<\/p>\n
Following a challenging weekend at the season-opening Australian Grand Prix \u2013 in which the team qualified at the back of the grid \u2013 Haas<\/a> bounced back in style one week later in China, with the squad scoring their first double points result of the year.<\/p>\n Ocon<\/a> and Bearman<\/a> initially crossed the line in seventh and 10th respectively but were later promoted by two positions each following the disqualifications<\/a> of Ferrari\u2019s Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton, handing them a P5 and a P8.<\/p>\n While other points finishes have followed, the squad have yet to match that fifth place achieved by Ocon, having struggled to find a consistent level of performance during the first half of the season.<\/p>\n Qualifying head-to-head<\/p>\n Ocon 8-6 Bearman<\/p>\n The more experienced Ocon has beaten his rookie team mate in Qualifying on eight occasions, which included a season-best P8 on the grid at Monaco.<\/p>\n This position was initially matched by Bearman at Silverstone, but a 10-place penalty for an FP3 red flag infringement<\/a> dropped the Briton down to P18, a punishment that he also received during the Monaco weekend<\/a>.<\/p>\n Race head-to-head<\/p>\n Ocon 9-5 Bearman<\/p>\n Ocon has also just had the edge over Bearman in race trim, the Frenchman crossing the line ahead at nine Grands Prix. Bearman, however, faced slightly worse luck in terms of retirements, having twice recorded a DNF owing to a mechanical issue in comparison to only one non-finish for Ocon.<\/p>\n Of the team\u2019s current total of 35 points, Ocon is responsible for 27, putting him in 10th place of the Drivers\u2019 Standings<\/a>, while Bearman has scored eight points in 19th place.<\/p>\n Best moment<\/p>\n That aforementioned double points haul in Shanghai was a promising moment for the team, with it highlighting that there was not only pace to unlock in the VF-25 but that they could also master solid strategy calls, after an alternate plan for Bearman saw him climb up from P17 on the grid.<\/p>\n Given the troubles of Australia, Ocon hailed the outcome one week on as an \u201camazing turnaround\u201d<\/a>, while Bearman admitted that he felt \u201creally proud\u201d of the team for taking such a step forwards.<\/p>\n Other highlights during the season included further double points finishes, including at Round 4 in Bahrain<\/a> as well as in the Sprint at the Belgian Grand Prix<\/a> more recently.<\/p>\n Worst moment<\/p>\n Haas experienced a tricky run of point-less races<\/a> between Saudi Arabia and Imola, while the squad also endured a challenging moment in the British Grand Prix when Ocon and Bearman collided, on a day where Ocon felt that both drivers \u201cdeserved to be in the points\u201d<\/a>.<\/p>\n But perhaps their toughest moment of all was facing such a nightmarish start straight out of the blocks in Australia, with Bearman acknowledging that not being in the fight for points had come as an \u201cunwelcome surprise\u201d<\/a>.<\/p>\n It had also proved to be a shock to Team Principal Ayao Komatsu<\/a>, who later conceded that he \u201cfelt sick\u201d at how far off the pace the car was, leading to a concerted effort to fix the issue as quickly as possible.<\/p>\n Going forward<\/p>\n While there have been positive moments for Haas, their form has been somewhat unpredictable from one weekend to the next \u2013 and, given how fine the margins are in the midfield, developing more consistency will be a key aim going forwards if they are to make gains from P9.<\/p>\n