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Haas: Renault will do anything but focus on themselves

15:00, 10 Oct 2018

byJake Williams-Smith

Haas team principal Gunther Steiner has criticised Renault saying they will "try anything instead of focusing on themselves to get better". The two teams are battling to finish best of the rest in the constructor standings in fourth.

Speaking to Motorsport.com, Steiner was critical of Renault's recent performances and suggested that the team should be focusing more on internal matters than those of the Haas team.

"I just see their performance has gone down, I don't know what's going on internally.

"For sure they dropped their performance, and their engine they make themselves so they can have nobody to blame. If they confuse themselves even more, it's better for us - I'm not against it!

"You could see that they were a little bit desperate when they put the protest in against us in Monza. They'll try anything instead of focusing on themselves to get better."

With just four races remaining to overhaul Renault in the standings, Steiner didn't rule out the possibility of it happening despite the limited number of races remaining.

"It's still difficult. I know we have four races to go. They were not very strong this weekend but they were luckier than us and scored a point but their performance and their pace was not good.

"But that doesn't mean that they're not going to be good in Austin and Mexico. We need to have our guard up and do a good job. We are not there yet.

"We will fight but there's still a long way to go, still four races, still 20% of the championship."