Günther Steiner is not only a man with Haas, but also with a heart. And Mick Schumacher feels that again and again. Even after his crash with Sebastian Vettel, with which he messed up both himself and his Formula 1 buddy at the Miami Grand Prix shortly before the end, the Haas team boss avoids a harsh judgment.
Error devil or not: Schumacher’s talent is undisputed – and will prevail. Above all, it takes calm and routine, and that comes with time, says Steiner in an interview with colleagues from RTL. The interview is in the video above (opens in the article window!).
Even if Schumacher’s list of (driving) mistakes keeps getting longer: keep calm, that remains the guiding principle of the leader of the pack. Quite the opposite of David Coulthard, who would like to bombard Schumacher with advice.
Nevertheless: The pressure on the 23-year-old in his second Formula 1 season is growing – especially since he regularly draws the short straw against his teammate Kevin Magnussen. Very different from his rookie season, where he permanently ironed out stablemate Nikita Mazepin. Steiner’s patience doesn’t seem to be tear-resistant forever either: “It would be nice if Mick’s button had opened up, unfortunately he hasn’t managed this hurdle yet. At some point the points have to come, Kevin (Magnussen, d.Red.) already has Scored points. He showed the way.”
But the Italian is not really upset. “I’m only doing this for a short time. It’ll be gone by Tuesday, then we’ll continue working,” says Steiner.
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Schumacher is a long way from being a victim of his nerves – but keeping a cool head is not one of his strengths at the moment. The maneuver against Vettel at the Miami premiere cost him the first championship point of his young career. A moment when he wanted too much, wanted more than to settle for a counter. It could have been a promising start. “I haven’t even asked him about the crash. But you don’t have to talk too much about it, the situation was pretty clear. Maybe I can talk to him about it in Barcelona,” said Steiner.
But making Schumacher even more nervous now doesn’t do anything either. “Stay calm, don’t break anything. That’s no good in this sport,” Steiner said. And who knows, maybe Schumacher’s first top ten finish will finally work out on the Circuit de Catalunya. On the penultimate weekend in May, Schumacher will receive the Spanish Grand Prix (Sunday, May 22, from 3 p.m. in the sport.de-Live-Ticker) the next chance to report numerically present in the World Cup standings.