Kevin Magnussen is better at adapting to probꦚlems with the set-up of his Formula 1 car compared to teammate Romain Grosjean, according to Haas team principal Guenther Steiner. ⛎;

The American squad’s drivers have endured contrasting fortunes in the 🧸opening three rounds of the campaign, with Magnussen scoring all of Haas' points so far, while Grosjean is yet to record a top-10 finish in 2018. 

Both Magnussen and Grosjean ran inside the top five in Australia ꦉbefore a disastrous cross-threaded wheel nut issue forced both drivers into retirement following their pit stops. Magnussen recovere♐d to score points in the last two rounds, with Grosjean missing out. 

Steiner said the Frenchman has struggled with his car set-uꦰp compared to Magnussen in the early ꧒stages of the new season.

“With Romain, the car needs to be more perfect to his liking whereas Kevin can drive around a lot of things,” Steiner expl🤡ained. “Both things have pluses 🙈and minuses. If you have the perfect car [Grosjean] is fantastic but Kevin sometimes says ‘it’s OK’. 

“I think he learned and he pushes hard for what he wants as well now. If🍒 Kevin has a small problem he adapts better to it drive around it. We just need to get them both in their zone where they can both pe🤡rform because they can perform. I am pretty relaxed about this because I’m convinced we can do it.”

Loose bodywork hampered Grosjean’s Bahrain Grand Prix but he was able to out-qualify Magnussen in China and made it into Q3. But Grosjean was quikly caught by Magnussen - starting the race on fresher tyres due to being outside of the top 10 - and was instructed to let the Dane through in the e♌arly stages. 

Steiner believes there were “circumstances” behind Grosjean’s frustrating star🐭t to the seꦫason and is backing his driver to recover. 

“I wouldn’t say he has been underperforming. I think there have been circumstances like in Australia where he pe♛rformed well, there was no problemಌ but I never jump to conclusions after one or two races. 

“It’s a long year and he will come back. We need to twea𝓡k the car a little bit for him to make it more comfortable performance-wise for him to drive. We need to get it a little bit more to his liking and then we’ll have him back to where weꦉ want him.”