Haas Formula 1 driver Kevin Magnussen and team chief Günther Steine🍸r have bo✨th cast doubt on its chances of catching Renault for fourth place in the constructors’ championship before the end of the season.

Following the FIA’s decision to uphold Rom🍷ain Grosjean’s disqualification from September’s Italian Grand Pr🌜ix lಞast week, Haas was left 30 points behind Renault in the fight for P4 in the teams’ standings with two races remaining this year.

The two teams have fought closely to lead the midfield runners all year long, with Steiner saying on Thursday that Renault’s protest of Grosjean’s car at Monza 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:proved how “desperate” it is.

However, the Haas team chief did concede it would now be very 🌞difficult for Haas to overcome the 30-point margin between the two teams.

“We all know that F1 is a ve🦋ry difficult place to race. Not everything is abouꦍt racing,” Steiner said.

“I think our team is doing a good job, and that is why we’re fighting for fourth. It’s very difficult now at this 🐬moment in time, but maybe miracles hap𝓀pen.”

Haas will nevertheless toast its best season to date in F1 at theඣ end of the year, having scored close to double the😼 points tally it achieved last year.

Kevin Magnussen has spearheaded the team’s charge in 2018, outscoring teammate Grosjean by 22 points. While he agreed with Steineಞr’s summation that Haas would struggle to now catch Renault, he felt there were still plenty of positives to take from the year.

“It has been a prett🧸y good year, I think we’ve shown that we are making progress with the team year by year. I think our aim should be to keep that up in the next seasons,” Magnussen said.

“I think this year, it probablౠy looks like we’re going to finish fifth in the constructors’ unless we get some very good weekends the nextไ two weekends. But that leaves us at least one realistic target for next year, to take another step forward.

“I think thi𒊎s year we’ve had a very fast car. We haven’t always scored the points that we perhaps shoul💮d have for different reasons.

“But I think t🐻he positive thing is that we can go into next season and know that we can do better, because the performance is there."