Guenther Steiner is taking his former Haas F1 to court over money he claims he is owed.

Courthouse documents have🌟 revealed that Steiner has sued the American outfit he was team principal of from 2014 until the end of 2023.

Haas chose not to renew Steiner’s contrac🧸t and replaced him with Ayao Komatsu ahead of the 2024 season.

The Italian has launched court action against Ha꧂as, claiming unpaid commissions between 2021 and 2023, according to court papers that🐼 have been lodged in Mecklenburg, North Carolina.

“Haas F1 chose not to renew Mr. Steiner's Employment Agreement,” the court papers state. “This was its right. But Haas F1 has done 🐷what it has no right to do and refused to pay Mr. Steiner [amount redacte🍌d] owed under his Employment Agreement.

“But after years of accepting the benefits of Mr. Steiner's reputation, experience, andꦐ deep connections within the sport, Haas F1 cannot withhold from Mr. Steiner the bene⛎fits he has earned.”

The papers noted 💮how Steiner’s popul𝓡arity on Netflix’s Drive to Survive documentary was “extremely valuable” to Haas.

“Haas F1 was frequently featured in the series, and Mr. Steiner's🐈 presence in the show drove more and more fans to Haas F1,” theyไ read.

“This exposure was extremely valuable to the upstart racing team, particularly as it looked for additio🥀nal revenue streams to supp🌞ort itself in the notoriously expensive Formula 1 environment.”

Th💃e lawsuit also highlights how Haas continue to 𒉰sell merchandise linked to Steiner.

“Haas F1 has no ri꧒ght to use Mr. Steiner's name, image, and likeness or to exploit them in any form of media after the termination of his employment,” the papers con✅tinued.

“Haas F1 has n🦄ot compensated Mr. Steiner for its u🤡nauthorized use of his name, image, and likeness.”

Steiner has appeared in t😼he F1 paddock at some races this year as a TV pundit.

He has not ruled out a full-t🌸ime return to the sport🌄.

“In Formula 1 there’s a lot of things going on behind the scenes and I wouldn't say that I'm involved in all of them but some of them I know what's go﷽ing on,” Steiner told The Race podcast.

“And if some of theseജ things come alive, I'm there, and maybe I'm a cand𓃲idate for it.

“But I'm not getting up in the morning and my agenda is phoning up these and these p꧃eople and lobbying to be🌺 a team principal in this or that team.”