Haas driver Kevin Magnussen has said that the predictability of the rear-end of his car is why he's been able to perform at the level that he has this season.
Magnussen made it into Q3 in the first two Grand Prix weekends and managed to finish fifth in Bahrain, after retiring from Australia because of *that* pitting incident that ruined both his and Romain Grosjean's race.
Having a car with a "predictable" rear-end has been the key to Haas's good start of the season, K-Mag argues.
“There seems to be this idea that our car understeers but I don’t think it is and I don’t like understeer, I like grip, a lot of grip in the car, and this car has a good amount of downforce and grip,” the Dane told Crash.net.
“Particularly rear grip on entry is very consistent.
“Not to say that it is understeering but you have a predictable rear that almost means you can take more at the front because the rear is so predictable and won’t suddenly step out in moments you do not expect which is a very good feature in this year’s car compared to last year’s car."
“It means you can attack the corners with more aggression and carry more speed into the apex. It is a lot better than last year.”
Magnussen has been the one who has put all of the Haas points on the board so far this season, as the Dane does look a class better than his French teammate Romain Grosjean. Magnussen currently leads 2-1 in the qualifying battle, and with a tenth and fifth-place finish, he's running away with the points total as well.
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