Haas team boss Günther Steiner says he will not bow to the pressure from Ferrari when it comes to voting on questions about the future of Formula 1.
McLakens Zak Brown published a lengthy article Thursday setting out the areas where he wanted to improve F1 and calling for secret votes when it came to voting on the F1 commission to prevent customer and affiliate votes -Teams are pressured to follow the lead of their larger suppliers. Mercedes’ Toto Wolff spoke about the issue on Friday, then said Haas has always followed Ferrari’s vote and he would expect it to continue.
“It’s very simple, you’ve seen in the past that Toro Rosso (AlphaTauri) chose like Red Bull – probably without exceptions – and Haas went the Ferrari way,” said Wolff. “In our case, we never tried to influence a team. Obviously things were discussed when it was a general topic – like with the engine, it is clear that the teams are voting with each other – and neither team would vote against their own interest in the landing gear rules.
“So the secret ballot idea is a good one. I doubt that Franz (Tost, AlphaTauri team boss) will not take any instructions and Günther will not take any instructions either, but the attempt is obviously a good one. No team should really be influenced by a partner or supplier. “
Steiner, however, denied the claim, saying that broader discussions are always aimed at finding out what is best for his team overall.
“I wouldn’t say pressure,” said Steiner. “It’s one of those processes where we talk to people, ‘What should we choose? What do you think is the direction to go? ‘This is normal when you run a business. Don’t assume someone puts a gun to my head and says, “You have to vote like this.” No, nobody does that. You argue about it, you see what is best. “
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According to Steiner, Brown’s idea is an idea that is easy to implement in terms of regulations, but it can be expensive for teams because it needs to be independently monitored.
“I don’t vote against my own will. I know this secret vote was always there – it doesn’t ask for anything new, it’s in the rules, you can just apply it. I don’t know what it will achieve because we are only voting on what is good for us. Either way, we will continue to do so, secretly or not.
“I’m not afraid to let other people know what I’ve chosen. So to me it doesn’t make any difference other than that it gets more complex than it already is and maybe costs more money because we now need an outside company to manage our reconciliation. If Zak thinks this will make a difference, I hope he pays the bill for the outside company too! “
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