Haas is unconcerned by Ferrari forming closer ties with the former Sauber team after it was recently renamed Alfa Romeo Racing for 2019.
The Swiss team has become the defacto junior outfit for the Scuderia with the two companies using a new technical partnership signed in 2016 to also offer a pathway for members of the Ferrari Academy.
That relationship might irk Haas, who also enjoy a very close technical tie-up with the Italian team, but team boss Guenther Steiner played down any concerns.
“We have got a very solid relationship with them, technically, humanly, and financially,” he declared at the launch of the new Haas livery on Thursday.
“They respect us, we respect them, and we collaborate very well. What they do with Sauber and with Alfa Romeo is none of my business, they know that I respect that fully.
“As long as we get what they promise and what they gave us [before], then I am happy. I am not critical or anything and I don’t really care what they do with them as long as we do as we always do, and we do. So I am happy.”
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Haas has enjoyed strong success since joining the grid in 2016, but that has come at the ire of rival midfield teams who continually question if the Anglo-American squad is staying within the bounds of what is allowed when it comes to buying in parts.
Last year, the VF-18 was even dubbed a ‘Ferrari replica’ due to the similarities between the two cars but the FIA has insisted everything remains within the regulations.