Guenther Steiner says Haas are struggling to have new parts available for the VF-22 โ as they did not expect so many would need to be produced.
Haas have faced costly repair bills this season as a result of crashes involving Mick Schumacher in Saudi Arabia, Miami and Monaco.
The teamโs promising start to the season, which yielded 15 points for Kevin Magnussen in the first four race weekends, has taken a downturn of late as neither the Dane nor Schumacher have managed to score in the last four.
Magnussen did not get to the chequered flag in Miami, Monaco or Azerbaijan, while in Spain he sustained damage in a first-lap collision with Lewis Hamilton.
When things go wrong with the cars, it ramps up the pressure to get them fixed for the next race in a season which has now reached the stage of regular double-headers โ such as Azerbaijan immediately followed by Canada.
โAt the moment, the problem is actually getting the parts made because we are so far behind with production now because we didnโt envisage making this many parts,โ Haas team principal Steiner told Channel 4.
โThe production is just the bottleneck at the moment. So we are trying to catch up, just staying alive.
โWe had a front wing flown in [to Baku on Saturday] just to have a spare one here for [Sunday] โ we had one but we didnโt have two. So itโs challenging.โ
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Steiner also gave an update on his drivers, with Magnussen having clearly outperformed Schumacher since his return to the team at the start of the season.
โHe has matured a lot in the year he wasnโt with us,โ said Steiner of Magnussen.
โHe puts a lot of effort in but heโs at a stage [where] he is very happy to be back, and I put it down to also maybe itโs the first time he was called to drive a car and he didnโt have to go around to find a car โ that, in my opinion, gives you confidence.
โHeโs in a good place at the moment, heโs got a family, all these little things in life. Heโs very relaxed but very focused.โ
Asked if that increases the pressure on Schumacher, who has yet to score a point in 30 Formula 1 starts, Steiner said: โAbsolutely. Last year was a year when we said we had no expectations, this transition, donโt put any pressure on.
โThen you have the second year and you…
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