Haas may only be three points ahead of McLaren, but Nico Hulkenberg reckons they are potentially the biggest threat to Renault’s best of the rest placing in the standings.

Renault have bagged 70 points in the opening 10 races of this year’s championship, putting them a relatively comfortable 19 points ahead of Haas.

Force India are sixth on 49 points with McLaren one behind.

It could, however, have been a different picture had Haas not squandered points-scoring opportunities – and more than once.

As such Hulkenberg acknowledges that if Haas fulfill their potential, they could challenge Renault.

Asked if he felt Haas pose the biggest threat to Renault, Hulkenberg told Crash.net: “It looks like it now, since the last couple of weekends.