Haas still aiming for midfield battle with Renault

Haas team principal Gunther Steiner believes that the team still has a chance at beating Renault in the F1 constructors' championship. Although the team lost their appeal over Romain Grosjean's disqualification from the Italian Grand Prix, it hasn't deterred the team from their ambitions.

Having been excluded from the event and their appeal failing in the courts of Paris against the FIA, Haas will now turn their attention back to the track with the Brazilian Grand Prix up next.

Steiner says that he still thinks the battle with the French team in F1's midfield could go to the end despite the 30 point deficit the American outfit are up against.

"It’s very tense in the midfield," Steiner said ahead of the race in São Paulo.

Kevin Magnussen also reasserted the team's ambitions of overhauling Renault in the remaining races, adding that minimalising mistakes would be crucial to their cause.