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Italian Grand Prix: Race team notes - Haas

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06/09/2026

TGR Haas F1 Team finished with Ollie Bearman 15th and Esteban Ocon 16th at Round 13 of the 2026 FIA Formula 1 World Championship, the Italian Grand Prix, held Sunday at Autodromo Nazionale Monza.

Bearman took the start from 11th on the grid, with Ocon 14th, both on Pirelli P Zero Red soft tires. Bearman cycled through to ninth position, with Ocon 11th, before the race was suspended after three laps due to barrier damage following Charles Leclerc's accident in his Scuderia Ferrari at Parabolica.

Both drivers switched to White hard tires for the standing restart, which Bearman took from ninth, and Ocon 10th. Bearman held position, before losing out to Yuki Tsunoda, while Ocon settled into a rhythm in 13th.

Bearman battled with Tsunoda but slipped back through the midfield, while Ocon pitted on lap 28 for Yellow medium tires - during a virtual safety car period caused by Lance Stroll's Aston Martin coming to a stop. Bearman took the checkered flag in 15th place, with Ocon 16th.

TGR Haas F1 Team sits seventh overall in the Constructors' Championship on 21 points.

Ollie Bearman: "I had a good start, both times, I made up a few spots - but then after that, honestly, we just weren't quick enough. It was clear to me from the early laps I was having to push a lot more than the others to stay with them, then ultimately my tires paid the price for that. On top of that, I didn't catch the VSC, a lot of people behind me that did ended up overtaking me, so that's a shame - we could have finished a couple of spots higher. The fact of the matter is we were just slow, and especially at a track like Monza you get exposed to that. We've seen a step forward this weekend with the upgrade, we weren't quite there with the balance today, so we finished where we did, but there are positives."

Esteban Ocon: "At the end of the day I don't think we were quick enough, but I think we did a really good job this weekend by looking to maximize everything we had. We tried everything to get the most from the car and mitigate our issues, there was some solid work from inside the garage. My first start was mega, we were up in the points fighting with Lewis and the Audis, it was really good. On the second start, there's a few things we need to review, but other than that - the homework we've done, getting good starts and all of that, it's been pretty strong. We can take satisfaction from that."

Ayao Komatsu, Team Principal: "Obviously a very disappointing Sunday after what was a positive Friday and Saturday. Our fundamental issue was a much higher tire degradation on both cars in comparison to our competitors, the deg-mechanism is very, very different. We've been quite honest about our parts inconsistency issues this weekend. Yes, the upgrade is working on both cars, it's really much better, but in terms of, let's say, across the car we still have inconsistency. It's something we really need to get to the bottom of. I believe that's why it's leading to this different mechanism of degradation. We have to focus on that but at least the foundation of the car is good. So, if we understand those issues we can set up the car properly for the race and we can fight close to the points. Up until the last race we were nowhere near to fighting Audi - so that's a positive from today. We stick together, work on our issues, and we move forward."

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