Haas team principal Guenther Steiner has insisted that the American team are making far too many mistakes and that it is costing them good results so far in 2018.
Romain Grosjean’s gearbox failure in the opening minutes of Q1 in Azerbaijan and Kevin Magnussen losing a huge piece of bodywork in Q2 only added to the growing list of incidents Haas have been through this season.
"It wasn't massive but every bit is something, and it shouldn't compromise the balance of the car," Steiner said.
"You never can put any numbers on a point of downforce because it spirals. If you have less downforce, the tyre works less.
"You get less heat in, you lose again, but you can't calculate the time. It's not in the region of three or four tenths. It's less than that.
"It's very annoying. We're going to get it fixed. We're making mistakes in this part," he added.
"This disrupts the whole qualifying session as all of a sudden, you need to fix something instead of focusing on making the car go quicker.
"You need to repair it, it's the wrong direction to go in. It's one of the things we need to do."
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