Hamilton wins the 97th Grand Prix, Haas drivers from Kannapolis show progress in Portugal

“It was a weekend with progress,” said team boss Günter Steiner. “I know I keep using the word progress, but that’s what we have to do, and we are doing it. The whole weekend was good in my opinion. If you sit there and can’t get past Latifi, frustration builds – and that’s a good thing because we could have more. In the end, Mick passed him, and that was a good thing, but maybe we missed George (Russell) being on the radar if we got past Latifi earlier – but we’re going one step at a time. Nikita also made progress, as much as the result may not show. We put him on a new set of tires to give him more time to drive the car at the limit. With all the blue flags, there was a risk that his C1 tires would cool down too much – then driving would not have been fun. Because of this, he fell back a little, but finished the race again. He’s making progress, he’s getting faster every weekend. “