Haas F1 team boss Guenther Steiner has explained why the team has chosen to replace Mick Schumacher with Nico Hulkenberg for the 2023 season, prioritizing experience over youth.
The Haas F1 team has recovered from a pointless 2021 and will score 37 points in 2022. Kevin Magnussen scored 25 of his points and, after a year away, scored his position on pole for the first time in his F1 career in a brilliant comeback to Grand Prix racing and the team finished the season eighth in the standings. rice field.
Meanwhile, Mick Schumacher struggled in his second F1 season, but was able to score points at Silverstone and Austria.
For the 2023 season, Haas F1 Team will replace former Renault F1 driver Nico Hulkenberg (who replaced the coronavirus-affected Sebastian Vettel in the first two races of 2022) in Kevin Magnussen’s team. Appointed as a mate. For Mick Schumacher, Abu Dhabi was his last race with the team.
Team principal Guenther Steiner explained why the Haas F1 team chose to switch drivers.
“We are the youngest team and have lost a bit of momentum over the past two years due to the pandemic and other outbreaks.”
“So it was a question of how can we get the team back to 2018, maybe 2019, which was better than the last two years.”
“Mick did a good job, but we needed to support him, and we need someone to support us a little bit.”
“We waited a long time because the decision was not clear … the market went our way. In fact no one got Hulkenberg. So we waited a little longer than usual. But this is what the team wants. I think it’s the best thing we can do to get back up there.”
Ahead of 2023, Gunther Steiner said Haas F1 Team was well positioned to make steps this season after a tough transitional 2021 season that finished bottom of the table.
“Considering what we did last year and this year, we took a good step. We weren’t stable. We always had our ups and downs, but that was when we were fighting the big boys again. I think it’s a comparison with the location.”
“Remembering 2021, when we closed the company completely and restarted after 2020, when we significantly slowed down all work, I ordered Simone Resta to ‘rebuild the technical team’.
“We didn’t get it in two months, but he did a great job, put people on the same level and finally started development at the end of April. This year we’re following a more normal path. We have a full technical team ready for next year’s car, so hopefully we can take the next step.”
“In the wind tunnel we achieved the gains we wanted to achieve, we achieved our goals and hope no one else does a better job than we did. I think, but I don’t know, if other people are doing a very good job, we’re lagging behind, but we’re pretty confident or cautious about taking the next step Sure”
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