Mick Schumacher was unable to take part in qualifying for the Hungarian Grand Prix after the German crashed badly on Saturday morning towards the end of the last practice session.
It was the second time this season that an FP3 shunt had excluded Schumacher from qualifying after an accident in Monaco earlier this year. Schumacher also crashed at the end of Q1 at the French Grand Prix and prevented him from competing in Q2.
And Steiner admitted he’s frustrated with the frequency of accidents his rookie driver has had.
“Mick had some big races in the last five races,” said Steiner. “When you have a lathe or something, it happens. But these accidents are pretty serious, it’s a lot of money and for no good reason.
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“So we have to work on it to get better. And of course the budget is the budget and you have to stick to it. You always have to have ideas on how to deal with these accidents.
“But at the moment we are feeling it, of course, but we can still handle it. But soon we have to find new ways to overcome this, because they get a little too frequent and too difficult. “
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Steiner thinks that Schumacher should have learned by now when to take risks and when to hold back.
“Yes, I even think we should know where we stand now,” he said.
“In FP3 you make compromises if you don’t take part in qualifying, and the risk is always there because it’s only two hours from the end of FP3 to qualifying. Of course, they have to learn from this. We had a few and that’s fine, but we have to get better at them.
Steiner added: “We make too many mistakes, that’s the problem. Or I would say in defense of Nikita not to use the plural because he has behaved very well in recent races.
“He did very well. He didn’t cause any damage or anything. And Mick, only in the last few races we had a few accidents where we have to improve.”
Steiner admitted that Haas was willing to accept mistakes by opting for a purely rookie line-up, but warned that the crashes are slowly putting a strain on the team’s finances.
“You always plan with accidents, especially with rookie drivers, but I think we have now come to a point where we need to work on it to have fewer accidents for the rest of the season,” he said.
“On our part, all we have to do is plan how we’re going to spend our money. We know exactly what parts we’re doing and that, but to deal with the drivers, it’s mostly easy to sit down and explain the big picture again Sometimes you have to take risks, but you take risks when the opportunity presents itself.
“When there is no chance, I personally never take risks because there is nothing to win. And I think right now we know there is not much to win, especially in FP3, and we shouldn’t take it “this risk in FP3.”
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