Haas team principal Guenther Steiner has read the riot act to his drivers Romain Grosjean and Kevin Magnussen after 𒁃the pair clashed on the opening lap of the British Grand Prix and effectively ended the squad’s charge ot increase its woes&nb🍨sp;at a difficult time for the US squad.

Following the off-track distractions of the ongoing dispute between the Formula 1 team and its ꧅title sponsor Rich Energy, Haas had hoped to kick-start its d𓄧ifficult campaign with a stronger showing at Silverstone but saw its race wrecked by a first-lap clash between Grosjean and Magnussen.

The pair collided at ꦛTurn 5 and both picked up rear tyre punctures, duly requiring pit stops which dropped them to the back of the pack, before both had to retire due to damage sustained in the clash.

The incidentജ marks the second high-profile crash between the Haas drivers, as the duo also made contact during the Spanish Grand Prix, which Steiner feels piled on the probl🅠ems for Haas.

“It was a very disappointing race for us,” Steiner said. “I’m ju𒅌st st🌼ating the obvious here. The best that our drivers could bring to the battle was a shovel – to dig the hole we’re in even deeper. We need to go back, regroup, and see what we do in future.

“Both of them [are in trouble], it is not acceptable what happened. I⭕ was pretty clear with them after Barcelona, what not to do.

“In the end, we are in a difficult position at the moment, h🐻ow to get the car work on track. Everyone works hard like hell. Then when we get a chance, and our long runs look okayꦜ, we crash into each other on Turn 5. It’s not acceptable.

“Everyone works hard to get out of this hole that we are𒁃 in. We do the almost impossible and when we get the chance to score points or to at least learn something to move forward, they do something like this.”

Looking to find positives from the British round, Steiner says the team will regroup over the two weeks before the next race in Geไrmany and assess what progress it has made over its tyre performance woes.

“I think we had the tyre temperature a bit mor🦋e under control,” Steiner said. “Between the wind and track changing, you needed to be out at the right minute of the day. We still need to understand why it went down in Q2.

“We got some data, not a lot today obviously, we have four t🌟urns, that will not help a lot. We need to go through the data and then see what Hockenheim brings.”