Haas team boss Guenther Steiner is still disappointed by the result at the British Grand Prix ahead of this weekend’s race at Hockenheim.
Romain Grosjean and Kevin Magnussen banged wheels through Aintree on the opening lap at Silverstone, with both cars eventually retiring because of the damage.
Then, last week, there was speculation that Steiner has requested to fire a driver with Esteban Ocon linked to Grosjean’s seat, that wasn’t the case, but he admits he is finding it hard to move on.
“I’m still not over it because you have got a certain amount of opportunities, and obviously this year we are struggling in some of the races,” he told Crash.net on Thursday.
“I could now say the car would have been fantastic, which is not true, but on Friday it was a lot better on long runs if you compare them it was factual.
“Again, if it would have been the same in the race, 100 per cent I cannot say but the chances were high. And then you go out on Turn 5 and we are P9 in the championship, and I think our position does not reflect where we are in reality.
“We have got these big ups and downs and when we have got ups, we put ourselves down one way or another, so that is quite frustrating.”
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After the race, Grosjean denied blame for the contact with Magnussen sweeping around the outside as the Frenchman was in the inside.
Steiner though was uninterested in apportioning blame.
“Yes I think it is equal because my instructions from Barcelona were quite clear,” he stated.
“Otherwise you are sitting around the table forever and you never end up at 100% to 0%, it is always 70-30 or 60-40 and then you discuss and discuss and never get a conclusion.
“Instead of having that I said let’s do it like this. We look afterwards and if the guy lifted which was right then he will then move forward if needed.”
