Günther Steiner warned his Haas rookies that they have to learn when to take risks and when to play it safe, as the team’s repair costs increase after several serious – and expensive – falls in the first half of the season.
Mick Schumacher crashed in the final practice session for the Hungarian Grand Prix and was therefore unable to participate in qualifying – exactly the same scenario that he suffered in Monaco while also crashing in qualifying for the French GP and during the Emilia Romagna GP, Imola.
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In the other car, Nikita Mazepin had falls in Bahrain, Baku and Imola, and after Schumacher’s last shunt in Hungary, Steiner said it had to stop – not least because of the impact on the team’s budget.
“You always plan with accidents, especially with rookie drivers, but we have now reached a point where we have to work [how] To have fewer accidents for the rest of the season, ”said Steiner. “Mick has had a lot of big ones in the last five races – when you spin or something, that happens, but these accidents are pretty serious.
“It’s a lot of money for no good reason, so we have to work on it to get better, and of course the budget is the budget – you have to stick to it. Right now we are feeling it, but we can still handle it, but soon we will be able to find new ways to overcome this because they get a little too frequent and too heavy. “
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Steiner insists that he doesn’t want to curb Schumacher and Mazepin’s racing instincts, but that they are more picky about pushing hard.
“What you have to explain to young people is that you have to form a judgment: is it worth it or not? ON [worthwhile] The risk would be if you had the opportunity to take a seat in the manufacturers’ championship, ”he said.
“Of course we have to race – I always say I’m not against races between the two guys. I’m not telling them not to race, but to minimize the risk of causing damage, which doesn’t help anyone. The risk would be worth it, but at the moment we have no chance of improving in the World Cup standings. “
Haas is currently bottom of the Constructors’ Championship, three points behind Alfa Romeo after going this season knowing it was going to be a little difficult not to develop this year’s car and instead invest its resources in an entirely new challenger in 2022.
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