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Resta is confident that his team can build on its strong start to the campaign. He declared Haas have the potential to unlock more performance from his 2022 challenger even though team principal Gunther Steiner has played down the prospect of rushing through upgrades.

“I can only agree about what Gunther says and I understand his position in the way that yes, the cars are so different from last year, the tires are different, so there’s a lot to learn,” the 51-year-old added. “The porpoising wasn’t expected in the way that it did happen, so we need to understand it and there are lots of things to learn.

“It’s also fair to say that the car, being in the first year of the new regulations, there is a lot also to unlock. Saying that, I think there is also something to be done on the car side and to improve it. Not to rush it, but, at the right time, to move the car forward. I think there is potential to do it.”

The 22-race F1 2022 campaign – which is expected to return to a record 23 races in the near future once a Russian Grand Prix replacement is found – continues with the Miami Grand Prix on May 8.