Haas team boss Günther Steiner refuses to change the way he deals with F1 newbies for experienced drivers after Nikita Mazepin and Mick Schumacher argued again on the track in France.
After a heated argument between the two in Azerbaijan, in which Schumacher accused his Russian teammate of “wanting to kill us”, the duo almost clashed again in the race at Paul Ricard last weekend, and the German had to evade again.
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Regarding the incident, Steiner said: “To be honest, when it happened, I didn’t see it well.
“I’ve spoken to both of them and I think under the circumstances it was a race, but it wasn’t unfair, definitely not in my opinion. It was a tough race.
“Mick tried to overtake George [Russell] I think and just had to slow down because it didn’t happen and Nikita took his chance and went in.
“I spoke to both of them because I couldn’t see the picture in full, so I concluded it was a race, but it wasn’t unfair.”
After seeing former Haas teammates Kevin Magnussen and Romain Grosjean contact in the past, Steiner insisted he hadn’t changed the way he handled such situations.
“The only thing that has changed is that we are only fighting between us at the moment,” added Steiner. “We used to fight with other people.”
Haas optimistic for strong Austrian form
Since the Red Bull Ring only has eight noteworthy corners – although there are officially 10 – there is a chance that the underdeveloped VF-21 will be more competitive this year than on other tracks on the F1 calendar.
When asked if he believed this, Steiner replied: “We’ll see when we get there.
“We know our performance, but we don’t know how the others will fare there.
“There are fewer corners, which might help a bit, but you never know until you get to where we are.
“Hopefully it will help because there are two races there and we have twice the chances.”
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