Haas team boss Günther Steiner has warned of further incidents with Mick Schumacher and Nikita Mazepin, as both are driven by the ego and he cannot keep them on a leash.
The two drivers were involved in a near-miss on the final lap of the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, which resulted in Schumacher angrily asking over the team radio if Mazepin was trying to kill them both.
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In the run-up to the French GP this weekend, the two reported opposing discussions that then took place behind closed doors at Haas.
Although he considered the matter closed, Steiner acknowledged that he will almost certainly have to deal with further disputes between the two.
“How am I supposed to keep them on a tight leash when they’re out there?” Steiner asked.
“Both are young and have egos and they want to be seen as strong so only the future will tell what happens, but I won’t drive the car.
“We agreed on a few things and we just keep going and hopefully it won’t happen again.
“Can I assure you 100 percent that something like this won’t happen again? No way. You are a racing driver. They are competitive people and there will be incidents again and we will deal with them again.
“Otherwise it will be boring anyway, but I hope you have learned from it and at least we will have situations in the future, but maybe not this one.”
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When asked if another similar incident between the pairing could lead Ferrari to remove Schumacher from the equation, Steiner said, “If it affects the future, I don’t know, I don’t have a crystal ball and I think it happens in racing .
“I think we’re exaggerating this. I guess it wasn’t as bad as you all think.
“It’s normal and happens because our boys are fighting with each other at the moment. If it hadn’t happened to a teammate, it wouldn’t have created so much history.
“But at the moment we are, they are fighting against each other because our car is just too slow to fight against others.”
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