The Hungarian Grand Prix did not bring points for the Haas F1 Team, but they had a good race. Esteban Gutierrez was the top Haas performer, and again out performed his teammate Romain Grosjean by finishing 12th. Grosjean finished in 14th position. Gutierrez was later given a 5-second penalty for failing to acknowledge a blue flag, and those 5 seconds were enough to drop him to 13th position.
The team demonstrated great consistency by maintaining their mid field positions throughout the race was able to maintain their Midfield positions. The team maintained consistency throughout the race weekend. Grosjean qualified 11th and Gutierrez 15th. At one point Gutierrez was in 11th and threatening for his first point’s position. But the Mercedes powered force India of Sergio Perez was just too much and Esteban had to be happy with 12th Place.
As a new F1 team, Haas does not have performance data from previous years as a benchmark. So with each race the team must begin to understand the tactics required for each individual track. Consistency is the best indicator of the team’s performance. With each race they are learning how to better develop and execute their race strategy. With each year the team will progress. But for this year we want to see consistency. Their consistency will provide greater abilities and confidence within the team as they grow. And they are growing by leaps and bounds.
The Haas F1 team is getting stronger and stronger with each race. The next step in the teams development will be for Esteban Gutierrez to score the point . After that the next goal will be to have two cars in the points. Hopefully this will happen at the same time.
The German Grand Prix is next.
Until then auf wiedersehen.