Haas report struggle with putting heat in tyres

Haas has scored eight points this season, a total which could have been much higher. During the Bahrain and Chinese Grands Prix, boss Gunther Steiner claims the team struggle to warm up tyres.

In Australia, on a lower speed track, Haas' Kevin Magnussen finished as best of the rest, with Romain Grosjean not far behind had he not retired.

It's the high-speed tracks which are causing the problem, and Steiner has asked his team to remove this issue before it causes them more bother.

“It's high-speed tracks with long straights and low-energy corners where we cannot get the heat into the tyres,” Steiner told Motorsport.

Having looked at the data, Steiner fails to find a single area which can provide a solution. Last year, Haas improved significantly in the second half of the season and managed to push Renault for fourth