Steiner defends Haas relationship with Ferrari

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14:21, 11 Jul 2018

Guenther Steiner has defended the relationship his team have with Ferrari following recent performances. In Austria, Romain Grosjean's Haas car qualified in front of a Red Bull which was followed up with a 4th place finish. Following the latest Grand Prix, Fernando Alonso claimed he was racing against three Ferrari teams [Ferrari, Haas and Sauber].

Haas are currently placed in fifth, 21 points behind 'best of the rest' team Renault. They've had a number of retirements and silly accidents throughout the season giving everyone a 'what if?' thought.

Popular pundits, including Martin Brundle, asked how similar the Haas car was to last years Ferrari at the start of the season. With the American teams' recent resurgence, the question has been brought back up. Team principal Steiner was defending the team when talking to Sky Sports.

"I think it's fair - it's in the regulations to do it like this, and the regulations were made by the people that are complaining.

"I think it's fair in the sense that we do our own development of aero, we just take the parts which in the rules are clearly defined that we can use. I feel very good about it."

Pos.	Driver	Team	Points
1	Kimi Antonelli Kimi Antonelli	MercedesMER	156
2	Lewis Hamilton Lewis Hamilton	FerrariFER	115
3	George Russell George Russell	MercedesMER	106
4	Charles Leclerc Charles Leclerc	FerrariFER	75
5	Lando Norris Lando Norris	McLarenMCL	73
6	Oscar Piastri Oscar Piastri	McLarenMCL	70
7	Max Verstappen Max Verstappen	Red Bull RacingRBR	55
8	Isack Hadjar Isack Hadjar	Red Bull RacingRBR	37
9	Pierre Gasly Pierre Gasly	AlpineALP	32
10	Liam Lawson Liam Lawson	Racing BullsRCB	28
11	Franco Colapinto Franco Colapinto	AlpineALP	19
12	Oliver Bearman Oliver Bearman	HaasHAA	18
13	Arvid Lindblad Arvid Lindblad	Racing BullsRCB	14
14	Carlos Sainz Carlos Sainz	WilliamsWIL	6
15	Alexander Albon Alexander Albon	WilliamsWIL	5
16	Esteban Ocon Esteban Ocon	HaasHAA	3
17	Gabriel Bortoleto Gabriel Bortoleto	AudiAUD	2
18	Fernando Alonso Fernando Alonso	Aston MartinAST	1
19	Nico Hulkenberg Nico Hulkenberg	AudiAUD	0
20	Valtteri Bottas Valtteri Bottas	CadillacCAD	0
21	Sergio Perez Sergio Perez	CadillacCAD	0
22	Lance Stroll Lance Stroll	Aston MartinAST	0

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