At the end of the Formula 1 season, it is time to evaluate the performance of all teams and drivers. We start with Haas, who had a completely new driver line-up this season, but that didn’t stop them from finishing last.
Haas: 4.2
2021 has always been a difficult year for Haas. The American team had already decided not to think about this year. Everything was focused on the 2022 car, so the two rookies the team called into the car had a tough debut year.
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From Haas’ point of view, it’s understandable that they chose this scenario, but it’s risky. For one thing, money was lost in 2021 because a better car might have earned more points, but it’s also questionable whether your design is right. Even if you’ve worked on it for a whole year, things can go wrong in 2022.
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Haas took a huge risk in that regard and we’ll have to wait and see how that plays out. The same applies to the choice of drivers. In Mick Schumacher, Haas has a talented driver and it will be interesting to see what he can do with a competitive car, but Nikita Mazepin was way behind. Hopefully the money (from his father) will make up for a lot in the hunt for better results.
Internal duel
| Schumacher | Mazepin | |
| 10 | Racing duel | 4th |
| 0 | Points | 0 |
| 20th | Qualifier | 2 |
| -0.598 | Qualifying difference | +0.598 |
The numbers from the internal duel at Haas show what you could see with the naked eye: Mazepin had a much worse year than Schumacher. Both had to make their Formula 1 debut with a bad car, but Schumacher got a lot more out of it.
Schumacher: 5.5
Mick Schumacher had a strong debut year. Although he couldn’t get a point, he came out of Q3 once and left his team-mate far behind in qualifying and in the races. That’s all you can do as a driver. The question is to what extent Mazepin is a good benchmark for Schumacher.
Mick has shown with several crashes that there is still room for improvement. For him it is a shame that there is no one on the team from whom he can learn. Romain Grosjean or Kevin Magnussen would have been ideal benchmarks for him to improve. Now he’s a little alone.
Labyrinth: 4.5
On the track, the Russian often turns around or next to a wall, and if he can keep his car on the track at all, he is much slower than his team-mate.
If his teammate were a seasoned F1 driver, you could say he’s just a rookie. But now his teammate is a rookie too and he is still getting beaten. It could be that Schumacher is a world-class talent and that’s why the gap is so big, but Schumacher’s ability can also be called into question.
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