Haas have been unsuccessful in their protest of the result of the Australian Grand Prix with team principal Guenther Steiner furious over the way the final restart of the race was handled.
They were angry that the restart after a huge five-car crash did not take into account the overtakes that had taken place during the few seconds that the race was live. Ted Kravitz confirmed on Sky Sports that he had been told that the team was launching a protest, before an FIA document later made this official.
After all, Nico Hulkenberg had avoided the chaos to move up to fourth place before the red flags began to fly. But, because the cars had not completed the first sector of the lap, the FIA had no reference point to use to decide who was in what position at the time.
