Haas boss Guenther Steiner has defended his team's strategic decisions during the German Grand Prix after losing further ground to Renault in the race for fourth in the constructors' championship.
Kevin Magnussen and Romain Grosjean had been running comfortably inside the top eight before the rain fell at the Hockenheimring. Haas opted to pit its drivers for intermediates but later switched backed to slicks -- a decision which proved costly as the team was forced to double-stack its drivers costing both drivers time and track position to Nico Hulkenberg and the Force Indias.
Grosjean recovered to sixth -- overtaking both Esteban Ocon and Sergio Perez in the closing laps while Magnussen was unable to match his teammate and trailed home in 11th.