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After the US team had mostly been found at the back end of the field in previous years, the stated goal for the new season was to regularly fight for points. And ideally at the start of the Bahrain Grand Prix.
The pre-season for Haas was anything but smooth. After the departure of Nikita Mazepin, the team needed a pilot for the second cockpit alongside Mick Schumacher at short notice.
But a top-class replacement was quickly provided. The team around Günther Steiner brought back the former Haas driver Kevin Magnussen. At the time, he was under contract with Cadillac for the DPi project in the IMSA series, but of course decided to return to the premier class and a few weeks later he was at the Formula 1 opener instead of at the 12 Hours of Sebring at the start of the Bahrain International Circuit.
And the Dane proved impressively at the start of the season that he deserved a second chance in Formula 1. In the very first qualifying, he made it into the top 10 and, despite technical problems with the vehicle, qualified in seventh place.
In the race, things went much better for Magnussen and he finished the race in fifth place. Only the two Ferraris and both Mercedes were ahead of him when the checkered flag fell.
Mick Schumacher, the second Haas driver, also experienced a promising, if not quite as successful, start to the season. With twelfth place in qualifying, he left numerous big teams such as McLaren-Mercedes and Aston Martin behind. After a strong race, the son of the seven-time Formula 1-World Champion, finishing eleventh, just missed out on the points.
The models of the two Haas VF-22 from Kevin Magnussen and Mick Schumacher by Minichamps were made of resin in the usual high quality. Both models with driver figure that is true to the original are available in scale 1:43 and 1:18 as a limited edition. There is also a collector's edition limited to 111 copies with both vehicles in scale 1:43.
Kevin Magnussen Haas VF-22 #20 5th Bahrain GP Formula 1 2022 1:18, RRP: €199.95, item-no.: 147220120
Mick Schumacher Haas VF-22 #47 11th Bahrain GP Formula 1 2022 1:18, RRP: €199.95, item-no.: 147220147
Kevin Magnussen Haas VF-22 #20 5th Bahrain GP Formula 1 2022 1:43, RRP: €149.95, item-no.: 447220120
Mick Schumacher Haas VF-22 #47 Bahrain GP Formula 1 2022 1:43, RRP: €149.95, item-no.: 447220147
2-car set Schumacher #47 & Magnussen #20 Bahrain GP Formula 1 2022 1:43, RRP: €199.95, item-no.: 447222047
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