Steiner labels Haas "flawless" as they close in on Renault

11:23, 27 Aug 2018
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Haas boss Guenther Steiner calls Haas "flawless" following both of their drivers finishing inside the top ten at Spa-Francorchamps yesterday.

Romain Grosjean and Kevin Magnussen finished seventh and eighth place respectively in yesterday's Belgian Grand Prix.

These positive finishes from the two Haas drivers, mean that the American side move within six points of Renault, who had Nico Hulkenberg retire after a first-lap crash and Carlos Sainz Jr. finishing 12th.

Haas picked up 14 points, which is massive - especially with Renault not getting a single point and six points is all that seperates the two sides now in the battle for the fourth place spot in the constructors'.

"I'm happy about our points, I'm not happy that (Renault) didn't have points," Steiner told Crash.net, after the race. "For sure, it was a good day for us today. We're getting closer. We just need to get a little bit more closer, and then go by. It's a good day.

"The whole race for us, everyone did a solid, good job. There was no mistake from anywhere. It was for us a flawless race, so I'm very happy.

Steiner believes Monza is a good chance for his Haas side to overtake Renault, but admits that it won't be easy in Italy.

"It's an opportunity, I don't know if it's a good one, I'll tell you that after Monza," Steiner added. "There's a lot of things to be done until we do it.

"For sure, we try, but as I always say, Renault are a good team. They will fight for it, they will not hand us over fourth. I think they had a downer here like we will have a downer when we get to the end of the season.

"They can be strong again at Monza like they are normally, so it will be a harder battle."