Full applications are required to be submitted by Feb 10, with the FIA to make
a decision 18 days later.
Haas certainly has the credentials and capability to get a new team up and
running, notably as he owns factory facilities in Brussels which would
likely be key for a European base.
Haas also runs the full-scale Windshear rolling-road wind tunnel in North
Carolina that has previously been used by a number of Formula One teams.
Former Red Bull and Jaguar technical director Guenther Steiner is known to be
working with Haas on the project.
America last tried to get a team on the grid in 2010 at a time when F1 was
seeking significant expansion, only for US F1’s plans to fail to come to
fruition.