Haas plans to solve Schumacher’s “crooked” F1 seat for Hungary

F1 rookie Schumacher announced last month that he has been in a crooked position since making his debut earlier this year with Haas.

But it wasn’t a problem with the seat, it was because of Schumacher’s own body shape, which saw him confronted with a similar scenario throughout his entire junior career.

Schumacher sought advice from four-time F1 world champion Sebastian Vettel about seat offset, while Haas only found out about the problem from his mother Corinna at Paul Ricard.

Haas F1 team boss Gunther Steiner announced last week at Silverstone that there are plans to get a new seat in time for the Hungarian Grand Prix next weekend to fix the problems.

“We hope it’s not wrong, the next one,” said Steiner.

“I actually spoke to Mick on Tuesday when we were at the factory and we laughed a little about it because it came out so big, that crooked seat [story].

“It will surely be ready for Hungary. If we make it on Monday, it will be ready for Hungary. But I don’t know yet whether it’s wrong or not.

Mick Schumacher, Haas F1

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“The plan is to have a direct seat in Hungary.”

To make this possible, Schumacher said the seat needs to be relocated to balance its own natural position.

“The seat is symmetrical, that’s not me – and it just took me long enough to find out,” said Schumacher.

“But I think we have to make a crooked seat now so that I’m in the center of the car.”

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Schumacher said last month in Austria that the seat offset was “small” and “secondary” for the Haas team during its first F1 season.

The German driver has overtaken his teammate Nikita Mazepin in all but one Grand Prix so far this year, beating him on the track in seven of the nine races that both have finished.