Guenther Steiner says trying to keep Haas F1 going through the pandemic was a more difficult task than initially setting up the team.

Haas, the newest constructor on the grid, have fallen on difficult times competitively in the last couple of years having slid to the back of the pack from what had been a solid midfield status.

They cannot decline much further, but hope to reverse their fortunes next year having put their entire development focus on the all-new cars required for 2022 rather than on this season’s challenger.

But according to Steiner, the Haas team principal, it is a wonder the American-owned outfit are still competing at all, given the effects of the pandemic and how it impacted Formula 1 with the enforced shutdown and a delayed start to the 2020 campaign that comprised 17 races rather than the intended 23.

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