Haas blasted for a lack of ambition - “Aspirations? I don’t see it”
Eddie☂ Jorda🐲n calls out Gene Haas for not having "aspiration" to win an F1 grand prix
The Haas F𓆉1 team have been criticised for a lack of perceived ambition by Eddie Jordan.
The US-based team are in their ninth season in Formula 1 aiming to rebound from finishinꦗg bott🐷om of the 2023 constructors’ championship.
Guenther Steiner surprisingly left his job as team principal o𝐆ver the winter, citing the owner Gene Haas’ unwillingness to inveꦜst.
Ex-F1 team owner Jordan said on the podcast:🐓 “If it was me, and I was there, I’d cast my attention to the engineering, the speed of the car, the ability to do the job.
“Nico Hulkenberg and Kevin Magnussen in particular - I worked with him just after the Jordan era - are talented driv💎ers who can do the job. No issuꦬe there.
“The issue is the commitment to the job in hand.
“They’ve been there for a long time, in🤡 Formula 1, and I haven’t seen the team move forward.
“Aspirations of winning a grand prix? I d🐻on’t se꧑e it.
“Whether it’s personnel or the second-hand Ferrar♌i eng🐻ine…
“But you’d ra🐎the🥀r have the Ferrari engine than the Renault engine in the Alpine, that’s for sure.
“A lot comes down to aero, and to Gene Haas putting the right guಌys in place. He hasn’t done that yet.
“The car𓆏 in race trim seems okay. But in quali♑fying? They are given no chance.
“The car is just marginally better than t💜he Alpine.”
David Coulꦛthard added: “There is definitely room for🏅 improvement.”
Ayao Komatsu is the new 🔴Haas tea💙m principal this year, replacing Steiner.
His appointment is a pivot to an engineering-based boss, rather than the🍷 business savvy of Steiner.
A ꦬray of light at the F1 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix last weekend saw Hulkenb💃erg finish in P10 after an impressive qualifying performance.
Ste🌼iner detailed the financial dꦡisagreement with owner Gene Haas that led to his departure.
He said: “You could see all the other teams, when the budget cap came into place, ev💮erybody else invested their money into the infrastructure of the company just to move forwards.
“We didn’t do that.
“A𒆙t some stage, you need to say what you think about things✨.
“Obviously I don’t own the te꧒am. I can’t make these decisions. I have🎉n’t got the money.
“Gene wants to do it his way.
“Obviously he didn’t like what I had to say.
“Therefore my contract wasn’t extended. 🧜I was okay with it.”
James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything 💫from American𒁏 sports, to football, to F1.
