With numerous highlights, including a staggering P5 on the opening weekend in Bahrain, Magnussen has amassed 15 points which leaves Haas ahead of Aston Martin and Williams in the Constructors’ Championship. They are also right on the coattails of Alpha Tauri ahead of them, but Magnussen is the only Haas driver to have collected points this season as Schumacher still awaits his first.
Having taken an agonizing P11 in Bahrain, a P13 in Australia and a P14 in Spain, things haven’t quite worked out for the 23-year-old during what promised to be a fruitful year in an improved car. Now, he finds himself under pressure from the team boss, but Schumacher made a point to excuse himself in Monaco after the latest costly crash racked up another eye-watering bill for team owner Gene Haas.
