Hꩲaa𒀰s Formula 1 team principal Guenther Steiner says breaking the 100-point barrier this season will be crucial if the US squad is to secure a top five finish.

The American-based team has made vast improvements to surge up to fifth in the constructors’ sta✨ndings with just nine races remaining in 2018, sitting 16 points behind Renault and se𝄹ven points clear of Force India.

While Haas has already recorded its most successful F1 season to date, Steiner insists his outfit needs to recover 𒁃points it has thrown away due to a number of mistakes that c💮ost the team in the early rounds of the current campaign.

“We need to gain the points which we lost in the first half of the season. That’s our mission – to have the best results at the end of the season,” Steiner ex🌊plained.

“I think the 100-point barrier should be and will be broken, but still you have to get them. If you want to finish fourth or fif🍌th, you have to break it.”

Aside from some small planned updates set to be introduced in the coming races, Haas is ready to 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:stop development on its 2018 car in order to fo🎃cus on next season and a tweak to the aerodynami𓆏c regulations.

Steiner remains confident Haas will be able to continue its competitiveness throughout the remainder of the season and doubts the summer break will🐎 have any negative impact on the team.

“I don’t see why we shouldn’t keep performing like w🐼e were before the summer break,” he added. “The good thing is that everybody can have a break. Everybody was tired, and now we come back refreshed and, hဣopefully, continue like we did before the break.”