

I think they did a good job, they got the best out of what we’ve got.
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We learned some things, especially the drivers, how to manage these tyres, they were difficult to manage but that was for everybody. “It just jumped out, it wasn’t properly in, that was the only unfortunate thing that happened. “The only issue we had was with the headrest of Nikita,” Steiner said. The problem appeared to stem from the headrest not slotting into position properly when Mazepin first got in the car - rather than being forced loose for any reason – with Team Principal Guenther Steiner saying it turned out to be the only real error of the afternoon for Haas on Sunday. “And the second thing was that obviously adds over 25 seconds to our race time for an unnecessary pit stop, so it made it pretty difficult from there onwards because I was just driving on my own and tying to make one pit stop work but with these temperatures and these tyres it just wasn’t possible.” One it was quite a sketchy first lap because it lifted the back of the headrest and blocked both mirrors, so I had to ask the team if there was any people around me - hoping that there wasn’t because I didn’t know where I could turn in and not. “Unfortunately not very busy because in Turn 2 the headrest came off in my car!” Mazepin said after the race. READ MORE: Ross Brawn on the title fight, Perez stepping up at the perfect time, and the rise of F1 in the US

Unfortunately, by the second corner any hopes had vanished, as his vision became impaired by a loose headrest.

Mazepin was starting from 17th due to the numerous power unit penalties that were taken by George Russell, Fernando Alonso and Sebastian Vettel, giving him a chance of fighting with quicker cars in the early part of the race. Haas are already having a tough season without freak incidents such as the one that befell Nikita Mazepin in Austin on Sunday.
