Schumacher out of ‘balance’ at Silverstone

Mick Schumacher admits Haas know they are “not where we want to be” after finishing near the bottom of the timesheet in Friday’s practice at Silverstone.

Friday’s first practice for the British Grand Prix was blighted by the weather, most of the teams opting not to do any serious running as they did not want to risk wrecking the cars.

That made for a busy second session, one that Schumacher finished P19 while his team-mate Kevin Magnussen was 17th.

“The practice didn’t go quite as hoped,” Schumacher conceded. “We still have to work a bit on the car and see that we can bring it in the right direction and, accordingly, get a little more time.”

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Revealing that his biggest problem was “balance”, he added that Haas had tried “interesting directions in the set-up” that hadn’t paid off.

“We know that we are not where we want to be,” he continued.

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One of Haas’ big problems at Silverstone is that their rivals have all brought updates for their cars, Haas have not.

The team is only expected to upgrade the VF-22 at the Hungarian Grand Prix, Haas still running pretty much the exact same car that they started the season with.

“Some teams looked pretty strong,” he said. “And they have upgrades, which doesn’t exactly help us.

“It’s going to be a little more