Haas boss Guenther Steiner insists his 🌜team will not be greatly disadvantaged by not conducting some on-track running before the delayed 2020 Formula 1 season begins in Austria next month.

A number of teams have taken advantage of the gradual easing of lockdown and coronavirus-related restrictions across Europe to carry out a shakedown test prior to the start of the new season, which will finally get underway with back-to-back races at the Red Bull Ring in eಞarly July following four months of disruption due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Mercedes, Renault, Racing Point and Ferrari are among the teams to have organised private tests in varying formats over the past week to ramp up preparations for the Spielberg season-opener on July 5. Red Bull and A🦋lphaTauri are expected to carry out filming days later this week at Silverstone and Imola respectively.

However, not all the teams will com🤪plete running before the first offic༒ial F1 sessions in Austria.

McLaren has opted not to te♌st due to complications over its switch from Honda to Renault power units, while Steiner confirmed Haas will not be completing any r🧜unning either.

“We are not having a&nbs✨p;shakedoꦑwn,” Steiner said.

“Obviously yo𝔉u woജuld need to use a filming day, and also we don’t have the capacity.

“The drivers are ready to go. I don’t think they ne🌊ed a lot of training. It’s nice to do, but for us at the moment it’s not a priority to do a shakedown.”

Steiner conceded🍃 other teams will have gained a slight advantage from conducting a test but stressed he has no c🔯oncerns over the American squad’s decision not to follow suit.

“I think it is an advantage, I wouldn’🏅t deny thaꦆt but it isn’t big,” he explained.

“Our guys are working in the factory in Banbury to put the car together. They have to do social distancing there while they work. So I’m not worried a𒆙bout that one.

“And for sure we practicedౠ the new protocols in the garage instead o✅f out on the track.

“It’s used a little biౠt as an excuse to do a shakedown, which I guess if you have the finances you do it to be sure, but we take a little bit more risk in these things because I know we have got good pe꧒ople.

“We we will deal with it the best we can and be in the best pos🌳ition we can be for Austria.

“Could we do a shakedဣown? Yes. Are you worried? No.”