Guenther STEINER: Two NEWS represent RISK and OPPORTUNITY

Pred the Grand Prix of Portugal it has become clear that the current drivers of the team, Romain Grosjean in Kevin Magnussen, who have been with the team since 2017, left the American team at the end of the season.

But while they have to at Haas to confirm the racer for both seats for next season, it is rumored that the duo could consist of two newcomers in F1, and among the favorites for places is supposed to be a racer Formula 2, Mick Schumacher in Nikita Mazepin. Steiner agrees that such a cast would have both advantages and disadvantages.

“I think there’s obviously a risk that two newcomers won’t have the experience to look at data analytically, participate in development and the like. I would definitely spend some time figuring out what it’s all about, and of course there’s a danger that a lot of things are going wrong. However, there are technical means we can use to help them. On the other hand, the advantage is that you can more easily get them in the direction the team wants to go and then the newcomers can grow with the team, ” he is considering the engagement of two newcomers Steiner.

Haas has always challenged with unconventionality in the last five years and questioned the traditional approach in F1, business model of the team however, it was designed to purchase as many parts as possible from external suppliers and to have the chassis operated by an Italian company. Dallas. As he points out Steiner, rather than in 2022, they have already started replacing racers with the next season, as they calculate that they will thus reach the maximum level of readiness for the new rules.