Magnussen: Haas can learn from many things from 2018

Kevin Magnussen believes Haas can learn from their "positive and negatives" from this season, in order to improve for the 2019 season.

Magnussen has contributed 55 out of Haas' 90 points this campaign, which sees them in an impressive fifth position in the constructors' championship.

But Haas could have had a lot more points, if it wasn't for the pit-stop disaster they suffered right at the start of the season in Australia.

The Danish driver believes Haas can use the negatives, as well as the positives, as they look for another gear in 2019.

“I think 55 points is good for a midfield team, but I still think there was potential for more this year,” Magnussen said.

“That’s both a positive and a negative. Positive, because we’ve showed we have great potential in the team to do more, but of course, it’s always disappointing not to get everything out of it as you could.

“We’re learning as a team and next year we’ll have even more experience. We’ll have learned a lot from this year and, hopefully, we can do a bit more next year.

“As a team, we’re doing better and better. We’re learning as we go. For us, we’re such a new team, performing at such a high level already, sometimes we’re a bit short of experience for the performance levels being achieved.

“We’re fighting big, experienced teams like Renault, McLaren, Williams and, as a new team, sometimes it’s hard to avoid mistakes because of a lack of experience.

“I’d rather be in an inexperienced team overperforming than in an experienced team underperforming.”