TGR Haas F1 Team finished with Ollie Bearman 14th and Esteban Ocon 16th at the Austrian Grand Prix, held Sunday at the Red Bull Ring.
Esteban started the race from P15, also on medium tires, and moved up a few places through the early laps, before losing out through the first stint. Esteban came into the pits on lap 18, changing to another set of medium tires, and made a second stop for hards on lap 34. Esteban re-emerged in P15 but lost out to Alpine’s Franco Colapinto, and was classified in 16th place.
TGR Haas F1 Team holds seventh position in the Constructors’ Championship on 21 points.
Up front, George Russell scored victory for Mercedes, ahead of Red Bull Racing’s Max Verstappen, with Russell’s Mercedes team mate Kimi Antonelli third.
Esteban Ocon: “It's as expected, we know there's an issue on the car, but I think the positive is that we gave it our all this weekend. We exploited the maximum out of it and we tried to change every component we could, but we're still struggling with the same thing. The start was incredible, we've worked really hard as a team to try and get that as best as we could. We surpassed everyone on the launch, and on the first lap, I almost managed to get into the points positions. I was with the Racing Bulls but I got lapped after a while, which is tough to take. We need to get the car healthy again, that's the first step. We're lacking a lot of load and the problem is that I'm sliding on the tires. I can hold on for the first few laps, but after that, I'm getting overtaken by other cars.”
