Haas F1 managed to secure their second double-points finish of 2018 at the Hungarian Grand Prix giving the team morale boost going into the summer break.
After showing good pace right from the start of the season, the American team has yet been fully able to extract the best out the VF-18 on a consistent basis after numerous problems have prevented better results coming their way.
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Team principal Guenther Steiner expressed his satisfaction with the result his drivers put in for the team over the weekend by saying: "Two cars in the points – a good end to the first half of the season and for everyone to go into the summer break.
"Closing in on our opponents and moving away from the others is fantastic. Everyone can relax a little bit, come back stronger and try to get more points after the summer break."
Kevin Magnussen was happy with his performance despite driving what he described as a lonely race to cross the line in seventh place.
"I was quite happy today. Had a good first lap, gained some positions, and took it home from there. Not a very eventful race, except for the first lap, but that’s fine for us.
"We scored a double-points finish for the team and that’s a good way to go on holiday."
Romain Grosjean was hoping for better results from the race at the Hungaroring as he felt his Haas deserved much more than just tenth place after getting stuck behind the Renault of Carlos Sainz Jr for most of the race.
"Both of us in the top-10 is really good. The race was frustrating. We need to understand how to get the tires better in these circumstances.
"I spent 50 laps behind (Carlos) Sainz, being half-a-second to one second faster. As soon as you get close to the car in front of you, it just goes and there’s nothing you can do.
"That was a bit of a shame but, overall, I think we really did a great job. We jumped (Nico) Hulkenberg and (Brendon) Hartley, showing that we had an amazing pace. Generally, I think we had a great pace, so it’s good to have two cars in the top-10.
"We’ve had a really good weekend. The race pace was so much better than P10."
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