Haas team principal Guenther Steiner hopes his team will not live to rue "lost opportunities" this season, having suffered a double retirement at the Australian Grand Prix.
Romian Grosjean lost out to the Williams of Felipe Massa at the start but continued to run strongly in seventh place, until a water leak forced the Frenchman into retirement on lap 15. In the other VF-16, Kevin Magnussen collided with Sauber's Marcus Ericsson on the opening lap while trying to make ground from his lowly grid position, before retiring with a puncture seven laps from the end.
After failing to replicate the team's stunning start to its debut season in 2016 -- when Grosjean claimed sixth place in Melbourne -- Steiner admits Haas cannot afford to miss opportunities to score points with such a tight midfield battle in prospect.