SPIELBERG, Austria -- Romain Grosjean admitted Haas did not think it would have been able to beat a Red Bull ahead of qualifying for the Austrian Grand Prix.
Grosjean qualified sixth in Austria, beating Red Bull's Daniel Ricciardo. Haas has been easily the fourth fastest car all weekend and Grosjean thought that would remain the same in qualifying.
"Honestly, going into qualifying we thought they were too far ahead," he said. "But luckily in Q2 we only needed one set [of tyres] to go through, which we were not expecting. Then two sets in Q3. I think we were surprised we were capable of beating one of them.