In many ways, finishing fifth - almost fourth - in 2018, was a poisoned chalice for Haas. For going forward, having almost been 'best of the rest', the challenge was to either retain that position or go backwards. Sadly, it proved to be the latter. While pre-season testing suggested that the American team might maintain its position, ignoring the disaster that was Melbourne (again), the team soon discovered that it had a fundamental issue which meant that the tyres only worked in the most miniscule of windows courtesy of the VF-19's aero. Though the team sought to get on top of the situation, and following the introduction of a new package at Barcelona appeared to have done so, it soon...
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