It got here after two earlier failures for Hulkenberg himself, which have added to the staff’s woes because it fights to develop a automotive which is fast in qualifying however is normally too arduous on its tyres in races.
Magnussen had stopped on observe in Q1 at Silverstone after struggling an oil stress situation, though it was believed on the time that the PU – which was new in Austria – had not been broken and will nonetheless be used.
Nonetheless an older, high-mileage unit was fitted for the race, and that’s the one which failed.
In the race, he was forced to pull over and park the car on lap 32 after a sudden loss of power.
Requested if the failure on his team-mate’s automotive is a priority, Hulkenberg stated: “I feel so. I imply, I had a pair this 12 months too, it positively one thing the place the alarm bells are ringing and it appears to occur extra simply on our staff and automotive.
“So I feel positively take it critically and we have to examine and discover out why.”
Haas has endured a collection of reliability points this season and Magnussen says he’s making an attempt to not get overly annoyed by the issues.
“It is a type of issues that’s a lot out of my management that I do not have a tendency to fret about it,” stated the Dane. “In fact, I provide my suggestions in the event that they want it, however it’s actually as much as them to run the engine.
Kevin Magnussen, Haas F1 Staff, walks again to the storage after retiring from the Qualifying session
Photograph by: Mark Sutton
“And that is not one thing I can have an affect on. So all I can do is keep targeted and keep near the staff, attempt to assist them discover the subsequent enchancment.
“It is a part of racing. It has been a part of it from day one. So this stuff occur. And, yeah, I am extra targeted on making an attempt to maneuver ahead by way of efficiency and discover our method again into high 10.”
He added: “I could not end qualifying and could not end the race. So, clearly not my weekend.
“I’ve bought to only keep targeted, attempt to search for that subsequent step of enchancment. I feel we’re combating a bit bit too arduous proper now to get into the highest 10.”
Requested concerning the Haas failure after the race Ferrari boss Fred Vasseur stated it was “too early” to come back to any conclusions.
Hulkenberg ultimately completed the Silverstone occasion in a lowly thirteenth place, after early contact with Sergio Perez noticed him lose his left entrance wing endplate. That triggered a untimely cease which put him out of sequence.
“Not nice, boring,” the German stated of his afternoon. “As a result of clearly the early pitstop, the early harm to the entrance wing was expensive, and put us out of the race, principally.
“After which we wanted the protection automotive, however it occurred sort of too late on the finish of the race. Then I feel the tempo after that and visitors was truly first rate, however there was only a DRS prepare, and it was tough to make any or a lot progress.”
Concerning the conflict with Perez, he stated: “It is simply unlucky. Truly, I did not even really feel it. However we will need to have touched [on the] exit of 4.
“I feel it was a bit bit impatient from him as a result of he had DRS after Flip Six anyway, he would have gone simply by me. It was a bit bit rushed and pointless, I assumed. However yeah, it’s what it’s now.”
Extra reporting by Jake Boxall-Legge