Haas endured its wor♏st season to date in 2020, scoring just three points on its way to ninth in the constructors’ championship.

With a significant regulation change on the horizon next year, Haas decided not to develop its 2021🎀 car at 🔯all. 

The American outfit is on course to finish 10th in the constructors’ championship and is unlikely to scor🥂e in 2021.

Assessing his team’s chances next 👍year, Steiner believes the budget cap gives 🐻Haas some chance of finding its form again.

“I think the budget cap, for sure, has a lot to do with it because if there wouldn’t be a budget cap, the big teams would have parallel developed this year’s car, next year’s car,” Steiner said. “I think it’s a combi༺nation🌞 of the runs in the wind tunnel, they are limited and the CFD calculation time is limited. I think in general the playing field is more leveled out. 

“We started off knowing that with this car there was no point to invest anything [in 2021]  as the car wasn’t good in ‘19. Last year we stopped development completely, so to put a lot of investment - no🌌t only money, but also people - it’s not something you want to do because even with a good job you’re still in the lower midfield at the maximum, so we decided to go full out for next year. Hopefully that pays off.”

🙈With Haas pinning its hopes on 2022, Steiner is sure Haas🌠 will be competitive. 

“At the beginning of the season we had a bit of a slower start in developing again as we had to restart a l෴ot of the departments back at base but now we are up and running at a good speed with good people,” Steiner added. “I’m pretty confident that we can come back in the midfi🤪eld, but how far up, it [remains] to be seen.”