Romain Grosjean says getting to grips with tyre management must be the “number one priority” for Haa🤡s in the upcoming Formula 1 races after the team’s difficult start 🔯to the 2019 season.

Grosjean and teammate Kevin Magnussen have q💃ualified inside the top 10 at all three races so far this year, but failed to bring home any points in either Bahrain or China as their pace faded over long runs amid struggles with the Pirelli tyres.

Haas F1 chief Guenther Steiner offered a bleak outlook for the team ahead of this weekend’s Azerbaijan Grand Prix, saying he is “readying for disappointment” given the ongoi🍸ng tyre struggles.

In the team’s race preview, Grosjean expl🗹ained how the car felt so🐭 different in the race compared to its short runs in qualifying, and stressed the importance of getting to the bottom of its tyre woes soon.

“The grip is going,” Grosjean said. “We have good grip in qualifying. On new tyres, the car is amazing, but when we go int𝓰o the race, we’re 🔯losing the grip and things become a bit more complicated.

“That’s the problem ඣwe’re facing at the moment. It’s probably coming from the way we use the tyres. We haven’t managed to get on top of it yet.

“That’s ꦦour number one 🌺priority for the next few races.”

Grosjean said a possible change in the peak operating window for the tyres compared to last year may co🔴ntribute to Haas’ lack of pace, but took confidence from the pace shown by the VF-19 chassis over one lap.

“The window may have moved, or the operating of the tyres may be a bit d🔯ifferent with the thinner treads,⛦” Grosjean said.

“Obviously the chassis is good, otherwise w🐭e wouldn’t be so fast in qualifying, we wouldn’t be so fast over one lap.

“We need to understand the tyres a bit more, and where theไ window is and how we get there. That’s the next task for the en🌄gineers."