It would be a 'dream' for Haas to finish sixth in F1 championship - Kevin Magnussen

Haas driver Kevin Magnussen said the team's end-of-year result is achievable if the results keep going their way, with nine races left in the Formula 1 campaign.

The 2022 F1 season has seen a big improvement from Haas, who sits seventh in the constructors' standings with 34 points behind sixth-placed Alf Romeo on 51. This is a huge improvement for Haas compared to the 2021 campaign, where they failed to score any points.

Magnussen joined Haas in a last-minute move at the start of the current season from sportscars, replacing Nikita Mazepin. The Dane has gotten point-scoring results in Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Italy, Britain and Austria, which totals 22 points and sits 11th in the divers' standings.

Teammate Mick Schumacher has picked up 12 points and is 15th in the standings.

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Consistent tweaks

This F1 season has been a rather decent showing by the Haas team when you consider they only introduced upgrades to their car in the last race before the summer break at Hungary.

The Haas team has elected to operate on a minimalistic approach to upgrades and has constantly been tweaking their VF-22 to perform better, which is evident with them constantly challenging around the top 10 positions in races.

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In an interview with GPFans after their upgrade, Magnussen said: "We've been able to almost hang onto all the teams that we were fighting with in the beginning.

"We maybe fell behind a little bit, so if we could just come back to where we were at the beginning of the year, that would be a really acceptable and nice step. You're always hoping for