Haas Formula 1 boss Gunther Steiner fears that the advantage the top three teams enjoy over the rest of the field will not be closed this season. During pre-season testing a clear picture emerged with Ferrari, Mercedes and Red Bull comfortably clear of a tight midfield pack, and that has proved to be the case in the opening three races of the year. In Australia and China the fastest car from outside those three teams was 1.8s off pole in qualifying, while in Bahrain Nico Hulkenberg’s Renault was one second back. “The midfield teams are pretty close together, but yes, there is a significant gap to the big three,” Steiner told the official F1 website. “The big teams, especially...
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