Esteban Ocon has made clear that Haas \u201cneed to get the consistency together\u201d over the second half of the Formula 1 season, after the team struggled for pace at the Hungarian Grand Prix.<\/p>\n
Haas have experienced a rollercoaster 2025 so far, with some weekends yielding Q3 appearances and points finishes, and others featuring Q1 exits followed by painful races.<\/p>\n
After starting and finishing fifth in the Belgian Grand Prix Sprint a week earlier, Ocon could not make it over the first Qualifying hurdle at the Hungaroring and lined up all the way back in 17th.<\/p>\n
He progressed to the fringes of the top-10 positions on an ambitious one-stop strategy, but lost the places that had been gained to two-stopping rivals as the race developed and ultimately took the chequered flag in 16th.<\/p>\n
\u201cA difficult day, for sure,\u201d Ocon summed up afterwards. \u201cI think we need to have a good look [at] what if we\u2019d used another strategy, if it would have given us anything. I don\u2019t think so, in hindsight.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think just coming out of the car now we struggled a little bit, especially towards the end to [keep] the cars behind that were a bit quicker on fresher tyres. We also got ahead of them, so we gave ourselves the opportunity.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was a solid start, but after that we need to work a little bit more on how to get the car a little bit more under control and get more pace throughout the race.\u201d<\/p>\n
Addressing Haas\u2019 up-and-down form, he added: \u201cLooking at this first half, I think there are some positives, definitely. We\u2019ve scored a decent amount of points, but we are not consistent enough and where we want to be every single time. We\u2019ll give it everything for the next half.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf you look at Spa, we had mega performance, it was a great weekend. We are not there every single weekend, and this is where we need to get the consistency together. We are working on that. I have full trust behind the team and it\u2019s far from over this season.\u201d<\/p>\n
On the other side of the Haas garage, Ollie Bearman started in a more promising 11th and moved into the top 10 on the opening lap, only for his planned one-stop race to come undone by rear floor damage in the second stint.<\/p>\n
\u201cI managed to run in P10 for the first stint, but it was really clinging on for that entire stint,\u201d explained Bearman. \u201cI was really struggling with my feeling with the car, just massive oversteer for the whole stint.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn the second stint it looks like we picked up some damage somewhere, because we saw a big drop in [aerodynamic] loads. At that point it was clear that we couldn\u2019t finish the race.\u201d<\/p>\n
He continued: \u201cIt\u2019s disappointing. I was just surviving, essentially, which is not a good feeling in a race. We need to kind of understand why that was the case, because in the past few races I\u2019ve felt really good in race trim. This weekend it hasn\u2019t been the case, so we need to have a look.\u201d<\/p>\n