Haas' Guenther Steiner on 'risky' F1 silly season: "Last year, drivers were a concern"

Guenther Steiner has explained why it was a no-brainer for Haas to retain Nico Hulkenberg and Kevin Magnussen for 2024 rather than signing a rookie.
Guenther Steiner (ITA) Haas F1 Team Prinicipal on the grid. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 13, Belgian Grand Prix, Spa
Guenther Steiner (ITA) Haas F1 Team Prinicipal on the grid. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd…

Ahead💦 of this weekend’s Dutch Grand Prix, Haas𒆙 confirmed they would keep the same driver line-up for next season.

It means Magnusse♐n will drive for Haas for a seventh season, while Hulkenberg gets a second one after impressing.

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Haas opted for two rookies in 2021 - 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Mick Schumacher and 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Nikita Mazepin - and after that experience, Steiner ha🍷s expressed his preference of going for experience.

“If you look around at this options, th🍒ere’s not a lot without risk,” he said. “And I don’t want to take any risk at the moment because I don’t think that’s appropriate. You can take a risk if the risk is worthwhile to take, but at tജhe moment, we want stability. 

“We have got one🌠 part of the team sorted out well with the drivers, in my opinion. Now we have to work on the car to 💛sort that one out.

‘You go step by step. 🅺Last year, the drivers were a concern. This year, they are not a concern. Next year, they will not be a concern. Good. Tick the box and move on to the next thing you have to improve.  

“It's getting more and more difficult with the drivers. Either you take a big risk – big risk is big opportunity as well🔯.”

(L to R): Nico Hulkenberg (GER) Haas F1 Team with team mate Kevin Magnussen (DEN) Haas F1 Team. Formula 1 World
(L to R): Nico Hulkenberg (GER) Haas F1 Team with team mate Kevin Magnussen (DEN) Haas F1 Team…

Steiner believes Haas simply aren’t in a position to take a “risk” with a rookie like McLaren have with 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lando Norris in 2019 and 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Oscar Piastri for this year.

“McLaren has done very well with the last two drivers,” he said. “They took Lando and they took Pia𝔉sti. Piastri, he seems to be OK, they need a bit more to come to the conclusion, with Lando they’ve gone very good. 

“✃There’s other teams, there’s one that works, but three or four others that didn’t. So it’s still a risky business to take a young driver and how to go about it, I don’t know. You have to take a ris🧜k and hope for the best.”

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