Esteban Ocon: The team still lacks confidence

      Esteban Ocon is ready to admit that Haas F1 will have to make efforts to regain confidence in its abilities, although the team has already managed to do a lot between the first two stages of the season and achieve changes for the better.

      In the pre-season tests, the American team looked confident enough, but on the track in Melbourne, Okon and Oliver Berman were in last positions after qualifying. They were also the last finishers in the first race of the season, but just a week later in China they both scored points.

      They finished seventh and tenth on the track, but after the disqualification of three competitors, Okon rose to 5th place, and Berman to 7th. According to Esteban, the next task is to achieve stable results.

      "We have to stay at the highest possible level for us," the French racer is quoted as saying by the Racer publication. – The team still lacks confidence, because it was only the second race. But we still managed to rise from the very last positions, first to the average level, and then became the best in the middle of the peloton.

      In general, now we need to try to stay at this level, fully focus on our work and optimize the car that we have. I know that the potential of the VF-25 has not been fully realized.…

      Until recently, we were definitely the last in Melbourne, and the situation seemed difficult. And now we see that we can achieve better results and are already at this level, which was a pleasant surprise. There are positive signs, but to be honest, the team has surprisingly turned the situation around. Let's hope that this is just the beginning."