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Steiner reports positive results from the Haas upgrades
Guenther Steiner says the Haas upgrades performed well since fitted in Spain but once again he blames the poor result on the tyres. Romain Grosjean finished in P14 last time out while Kevin Magnussen finished behind George Russell.
Haas, like many other teams, has struggled to manage the tyres on longer runs. Seemingly, only Mercedes can find the optimum balance. The American team thought they had solved the issue, but Steiner is still blaming the rubbers.
“The upgrades performed very well. Everything went to plan there. We don’t have an issue with the pace of the car, we just need to understand the tires better," Steiner said.
"We’ll bring on more developments for the rest of the season. They won’t be as big as the Barcelona upgrade package, but we’ve got quite a few smaller ones coming.”
Haas challenged Renault for fourth place last season, but it doesn't look like they'll be doing that again in 2019. Haas sits in 8th, below Toro Rosso having scored just 16 points after a third of the season. That doesn't mean Steiner has stopped fighting.
“We’re obviously behind in points which we should have scored, but for one or another reason we didn’t get them. We weren’t there at the right time to pick them up. What we have to do now is roll our sleeves up and work even harder to try to get some of the points back that we lost in the first third of the season," he added.
