The Haas F1 Team will introduce its final set of upgrades for the season at the Singapore Grand Prix this weekend, as it looks to fully focus its efforts on next year.
The American outfit has finished 11th on five occasions since the Spanish GP, just missing out on points, and believes their latest developments will be enough to boost them toward the head of the midfield for the remaining seven races.
"We are bringing updates to the car in Singapore which, hopefully, will help us go faster," confirmed team principal Guenther Steiner. "The midfield is so close and we are just at the end of it. I think it’s all about execution. Just a little bit more and we will get in the points.
"I would say we are the sixth-or-seventh-best team. I think we opened up a gap to the people behind us in the competition speed-wise, but Force India and Williams are still going strong in front of us and we are battling with McLaren, so it’s just a very tight midfield."
Pushed on what developments will be introduced this weekend, Steiner added: "Front wing, modifications to the floor and the brake ducts. We’re aiming to reduce corner sensitivity so the car is more consistent, and enhance aerodynamic performance and overall efficiency."
The team have already switched focus to 2017, with Steiner confirming work on the current car ended more than two months ago.
"We finished developing this year’s car completely more than two months ago. These changes came from wind tunnel data and it took a little bit of time to develop the parts. We took our time so we are better prepared for next year. This is the last update for the 2016 car.
"We’ve been using a 60-percent scale model car in the wind tunnel since February, but from February to June we developed both cars (2016 and 2017) simultaneously. In the past two-and-a-half months, it’s been all hands on deck developing the 2017 car."
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