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GÜNTHER STEINER: There are no drawbacks to not testing

The American team Haas is leaving for Lockdown this season without a test or a day of filming. Team boss Steiner casually adds that this is no flaw.

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Mercedes, Renault in Ferrari they prepared for the season with a two-year-old race car, Racing Point, Alpha Tauri in Red Bull however, they are or will be used recording day. Teams are on for the season to begin July 5 in Austria, prepare in different ways.

Gunther Steiner, team boss Haas, confirmed in a video conference that the US team will not make any test runs before heading in the direction of Red Bull Ringa. "We will not have any heating. In order to be able to drive with a current race car, we would have to use a recording day, but we don’t have the capacity." 55-year-old he doesn’t believe the team would be put against a wall in the opening race because of this. “The racers are ready and I don’t believe they need driving training. That would be nice, but for us it’s no priority."

Günther Steiner, the head of the Haas team, believes that there is no drawback if they do not pass any tests or use the recording day before the start of this season.

And what about these new processeswhen the work was due safeguard measures against coronavirus changed? Steiner he adds: “Of course, it would be good to try this out on the racetrack. However, we also follow the regulations in the factory, which makes this topic around social distance not entirely new to us. We will do our best and I am sure we are well prepared when we come to Austria. I really don’t worry because we won’t be testing before the season."         

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