Kevin Magnussen and Nico Hulkenberg say they are doing as much via feedback with regards to Haas F1 car and Ferrari engine.
The power unit elements list for Haas is nearing the penalty situation especially on the engine side where Hulkenberg is already on his fourth, while Magnussen is on his third but had double trouble during F1 British GP weekend.
He faced a power unit issue on Saturday in qualifying and replaced it with another from the pool. But that old engine too gave up on Lap 31 when Magnussen came to a halt. The Dane is now forced to take up the fourth ICE and will have to take another one later on.
The same is with Hulkenberg. But there is nothing much the drivers can do other than provide feedback for both the Haas car and the power unit. “I couldn’t finish qualifying, I couldn’t finish the race, so obviously not my weekend,” said Magnussen. “I think we are fighting a little bit too hard right now to get into the top ten, and we’ve just got to push together as a team and work harder moving forward.
“It’s one of those things that it’s so much out of my control that I don’t tend to worry about it. Of course, I offer my feedback if they need it, but it’s really up to them to run the engine. It’s not something I can have any influence on. So all I can do is stay focused and you stay close to the team, try to help them find the next improvement,” summed up Magnussen.
Teammate Hulkenberg conceded that there is a cause of concern certainly. “Definitely the alarm bells are ringing. It seems to happen more just on our team and cars. So I think we definitely take it seriously and we need to investigate and find out why.”
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