Haas will not change approach after surprising start

Haas team principal Guenther Steiner says the team will not change its plans for 2016 despite such an impressive start to life in F1.

Romain Grosjean has finished in the top six at each of the opening two races, leading Steiner to target points at every race. With the team also delivering the first upgrades from its development program ahead of this weekend's Chinese Grand Prix, Steiner says its pre-season plans will remain in place.

"We actually want to change as little as possible from our plan because it seems to be working," Steiner says. "We have got our updates coming like we had the wings planned for here, we have some other small parts coming all the way along.

"Once we find something which we believe gives us some downforce or some performance we will put it on the car. We have not said ‘In Barcelona we need to put this and this on’. If we don’t find any performance we don’t put it on. Nothing has changed in our approach to how we do the season."

With new front wings for both cars in China this weekend, Steiner says Haas will only bring upgrades when both drivers can have them at the same time.

"You never know where we end up at the end of the season but that is our policy. They are equal, the drivers, so that is what we try to do. And also it is much easier because otherwise you confuse yourself.

"We just try to do things so that we don’t confuse ourselves because if one has got it and one not then all of a sudden maybe the other one with the old part is quicker than the new one and you doubt yourself. So we try to do it equally and develop from there.”

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