Haas expecting to put itself back on track in France

Haas' Guenther Steiner is confident the US outfit will return to its early season form in France next weekend after racing outside of the points in Monaco and Montreal.

Both Kevin Magnussen and Romain Grosjean put Haas in contention for the title of 'best of rest' in Formula 1's mid-field before missed opportunities, set-up issues and mishaps sent the team down the order in the last two races.

But Steiner is hopeful Haas will be a force to be reckoned with in the mid-field at Paul Ricard, thanks to a few tweaks and upgrades associated with its VF-18, and to a venue that should suit the latter.

"Everybody points to that direction that our car is best on these kinds of tracks, like Barcelona, Austria and France. Let’s see what we can do," said Steiner.

"We are all very confident to getting back to a good form. In Canada, Romain was very fast but, unfortunately, he had to start last, and that’s never good.

"We are all very confident we can have good results in the next three races."

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Before the Canadian Grand Prix two weeks ago, Steiner warned his drivers that there would be no margin for error as the team lacked spare parts.

F1's busy schedule - marked by three consecutive races - has kept inventory relatively tight, and Grosjean and Magnussen will once again do their bets to stay out of trouble.

"We’re actually not in a bad place [with regards spares]," said Steiner.

"We’re still tight, because with three races in three weeks, you just cannot catch up with producing parts should we have some damages.

"Luckily, we didn’t have any big damage in Canada, except the nose which was damaged by the groundhog. Otherwise, we got away pretty good," he added.

"We should have more spares for France and, hopefully, we don’t have any accidents there or in Austria. That will bring us up to a normal quantity of spare parts after the stretch of three races."

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