Haas braced for ‘very tough month’ ahead in Formula 1

Mick Schumacher has said Haas are bracing themselves for a tough month of July as we hit one of the busiest periods of the season.

Starting with the British Grand Prix this weekend, teams will have to navigate four races in just five weeks and the run could make-or-break teams’ seasons.

For Haas, they will be looking to rediscover their early pace that saw Kevin Magnussen take P5 in his comeback race but retirements and crashes have seem them slip down the pecking order.

They are currently ninth, 12 points behind seventh-place AlphaTauri, but Schumacher has said it is a matter of putting in those moments of extra effort when necessary.

“It will definitely be very tough,” the 23-year-old said. “We know anyway how tough a race weekend is and that just means we’re going to have a lot of them. For the team and everybody it’s consuming, so it’s a matter of putting in those moments of extra effort when necessary but also shut off if that helps so you don’t run out of energy, because it’s a long season to go.

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His team-mate Magnussen agreed it would be a hard month for the team but said he personally was looking forward to it.

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“It’s going to be a hard month for the team – especially the mechanics,” the Dane said. “For drivers, it’s a walk in the park so it’s not something that I’m