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Guenther Steiner has explained that Haas have elected for a "well-seasoned" line-up for the 2023. The American F1 team chose to hire Nico Hulkenberg as their second driver for the 2023 season, partnering Kevin Magnussen. Their decision is a change in tactic from recent seasons, having elected to field two rookies in 2021: Mick Schumacher and Nikita Mazepin. Crash damage and an inability to keep up with Magnussen's points total resulted in early-season pressure from Haas on Schumacher, with the 23-year-old failing to make the grade for a third year with the team. Viewed by others: Nico Hulkenberg Hulkenberg secures final seat, full F1 2023 driver line-up confirmed ...

Mick Schumacher has given his first response to the news that he will be replaced at the Haas F1 team. It was confirmed that the 23-year-old is to be replaced by Nico Hulkenberg for the 2023 season. Schumacher leaves after two seasons at the Haas team, with the German driver admitting to his "disappointment" at not extended his F1 contract. “This is going to be my last race with the Haas F1 team,” Schumacher's statement read. “I don’t want to hide the fact that I am very disappointed with the decision not to renew our contract. “Nevertheless, I would like to thank both Haas F1 and Ferrari for giving me this opportunity." Viewed by others: Haas F1 Team Why Haas dropped Schumacher to sign Hulkenberg ...

Guenther Steiner has defended Haas' decision to previously gamble on inexperienced drivers, after signing F1 stalwart Nico Hulkenberg for 2023. Ahead of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, the Haas team confirmed that they would be dropping Mick Schumacher in favour of Hulkenberg, who has secured his first full-time F1 drive since 2019. F1 returnee Hulkenberg will be making his 185th Grand Prix appearance in next season's opening race and, when asked about the main reason for signing the 35-year-old, Steiner commented that his experience would be beneficial to the team. "He was in F1 for a long time, he was with teams in the midfield for a long time, so he knows how they work, how to make them better," Steiner commented to media, including TheFOXposts.Com . "Wherever he was the team always made progress, and that's our aim; to do that here. "Experience takes time to make and at the moment we don't have time, because we want to move forward. ...

Mick Schumacher has suggested that he would be open to taking a reserve role in Formula 1 next year, following his exit from the Haas team. The 23-year-old will not be retained at the American team for next season, having been replaced by Nico Hulkenberg. Schumacher had struggled to match teammate Kevin Magnussen's form in 2022, with the Dane drafted back in as a last-minute replacement for Nikita Mazepin at the start of the season. When asked for his reaction to the news, Schumacher believed that he had improved over the year, and suggested that he should have been afforded more time after a "tough" 2021 debut season. "Obviously, it's disap point ing in some ways because I feel like I've been doing a good job up to this point ," Schumacher told media, including TheFOXposts.Com . "On the other hand, the team decided to go that way, so I have to respect that. I'm focused on the future. "We've had our ups and downs for ...

Mick Schumacher has ruled out a possible switch to DTM in 2023 following his impending exit from the Haas F1 team. It was confirmed ahead of the 2022 finale in Abu Dhabi that Schumacher's place at the squad will be taken by Nico Hulkenberg next season, with Kevin Magnussen remaining in the other seat as part of his multi-year contract. With seemingly no places available on the F1 grid – should Logan Sargeant secure enough superlicence points to take the final spot at Williams – it looks likely that Schumacher will not be racing in Formula 1 in 2023. However, the German is not ready to switch to another category just yet. Schumacher says no to possible DTM move It is not unheard of for F1 drivers to compete in DTM, with Alex Albon amongst those to take part while on the sidelines in Formula 1 . When asked about the possibility of racing there himself, Schumacher suggested that he...

Nico Hulkenberg has revealed when he contacted Haas to drive for the team in Formula 1 for 2023. The German, who has been out of a full-time drive since 2019, has been in a reserve role with Aston Martin for the last two years. He will now replace Mick Schumacher after the team opted to go for a more experienced driver line-up for next season, with Hulkenberg revealing when he first contacted the Haas Team Principal. "I called Guenther [Steiner] in summertime," said Hulkenberg to media, including TheFOXposts.Com . "The hunger to race, the fire to be in F1 , the pinnacle of motorsport. It's a pretty cool environment and what I what I love doing, and probably what I'm best at." Following his departure from Renault, Hulkenberg still had race outings with Racing Point and latterly Aston Martin after Sergio Perez and Sebastian Vettel contracted Covid. Even after leaving F1 briefly, he says that he never gave up on trying to get a seat for the f...

Ralf Schumacher has advised Mick Schumacher to take the reported offer of a Mercedes reserve driver role for next season. With Haas electing to sign Nico Hulkenberg to partner Kevin Magnussen for next season, Mick Schumacher was left without an F1 race seat for 2023. In the weeks running up to Haas' decision, Mercedes ' Team Principal Toto Wolff expressed his interest in signing the 23-year-old, if he became available. Mick Schumacher's uncle, pundit and ex-F1 driver Ralf Schumacher, believes that Mercedes' educational gains would be too good to turn down. "For Mick, this would definitely be a sensible step, because he can work with a team that has a lot of experience and can help Mick progress," Schumacher said in his column for Sky Sports Germany . "The processes at Haas and Mercedes are different and that is something Mick can benefit from. "It would definitely be important for him to work with a team like Mercedes, to do simulato...

Mick Schumacher has blamed the visibility in 2022-spec Formula 1 cars for his collision with Nicholas Latifi in the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. On Lap 39 of 58 of the race at the Yas Marina Circuit, Schumacher attempted an overtake on Latifi's Williams at the Turn 5 hairpin with both running outside the points positions at the time. As Latifi turned in, the Haas of Schumacher collided with the Canadian, causing both to spin and the Williams to hit the barrier. The German - who was announced as losing his seat for 2023 earlier in the weekend - was deemed at fault for causing a collision by the stewards and handed a five-second time penalty. Schumacher explains Latifi crash When asked about the collision, Schumacher commented on the reasons he believed the incident was difficult to avoid. "In general with these cars you don't really have a big overview of what is happening ...

Nico Hulkenberg admits that the physical challenge of his return to F1 at post-season testing was " tough ". The German will return to the grid in 2023 with Haas, having last raced full-time in the sport for the Renault team back in 2019, though he has since made substitute appearances in 2020 and 2021 for drivers forced to miss races due to COVID-19. Ahead of his comeback, Hulkenberg got behind the wheel in Abu Dhabi for a test held just two days after the 2022 season finale. He ended the day with 110 laps under his belt, and claimed the 19th fastest time on the timesheets of the 24 drivers to have taken part. Hulkenberg achieved 'target' in test Hulkenberg was left feeling positive after his experience at testing. "Good days of work, good days of running," the 35-year-old told media, including TheFOXposts.Com . "[We] collected many impressions, a...

Damon Hill believes Mick Schumacher was unable to cope with the pressure of Formula 1 , saying it "got to" him in the end. Schumacher lost his Haas seat at the end of the 2022 campaign, with the team electing to sign Nico Hulkenberg as his replacement to partner Kevin Magnussen. With no further seats available on the 2023 grid, the German has been forced to look for a potential third driver role, and is tipped to take on the vacancy at Mercedes - following Nyck de Vries and Stoffel Vandoorne leaving for AlphaTauri and Aston Martin, respectively. And 1996 World Champion Hill feels that Schumacher was not able to deliver his best after failing to adjust to Grand Prix racing. Hill on Schumacher Schumacher had a difficult sophomore year at Haas, with multiple big crashes (including in Saudi Arabia, Monaco and Japan) but did score his maiden F1 points at Silverstone before claimi...

Kevin Magnussen feels that Nico Hulkenberg 's arrival at Haas in 2023 will be "great" for the team, despite having had an infamous falling-out with the German in the past. Magnussen and Hulkenberg shared a memorable exchange in the media pen following the 2017 Hungarian Grand Prix, where Magnussen issued an explicit response to Hulkenberg's accusation that he was "the most unsporting driver on the grid". However, the pair appear to have cleared the air in the time since and Magnussen is welcoming the prospect of working with Hulkenberg, who will replace Mick Schumacher at the squad. Magnussen: Hulkenberg will be great for the team "I'm really looking forward to working with Nico," Magnussen told media, including TheFOXposts.Com , after the season-closing Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. "I think he is going to be great for the team, with all his expe...

Haas Formula 1 Team Principal Guenther Steiner is to release a new book in 2023 charting the fortunes of their 2022 season. Appropriately titled Surviving the Drive, the book is the first account written by a serving team boss of what goes on throughout the season, and builds on Steiner's reputation from the Netflix show Drive to Survive. 2022 was a promising year for Haas as they clambered into the midfield after two seasons in the doldrums. They finished a respectable eighth in the Constructors' as Kevin Magnussen returned to the team to partner Mick Schumacher, but Steiner still faced problems off-track. In February, the team ripped up Nikita Mazepin's contract after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, given his family's close links to the Russian government, forcing Magnussen into a return after a year out. Highlights included the Dane taking a shock pole in Brazil (for the Sprint race) and Schumacher's form, which eventually saw him lose his seat ...

Kevin Magnussen feels he is a "changed person" following his Formula 1 comeback in 2022 with the Haas team. Dane Magnussen was let go by the American squad at the end of 2020, along with Romain Grosjean, to make way for Mick Schumacher and Nikita Mazepin in 2021. The team were set to contest the new campaign with the same driver pairing, but the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February prompted Haas to terminate Mazepin's contract owing to close family links with President Vladimir Putin. Faced with requiring a driver at short notice with the all-new breed of cars, team boss Guenther Steiner asked Magnussen to return. In the season-opener, Magnussen finished a strong fifth, with the 10 points he hauled more than three times as many as the team had done so in the previous two seasons combined. He would later take a maiden pole position in Brazil in changeable conditions and finished a respectable 13th in the standings with 25 points. Magnussen believes that ...

Kevin Magnussen has voiced his support for his 2022 Haas teammate Mick Schumacher , after it was revealed that the German would be replaced at the American outfit next year by Nico Hulkenberg. Schumacher leaves Haas after two seasons where he occasionally showed a good turn of speed, but blotted his copybook with several high-profile accidents that drew the ire of Team Principal Guenther Steiner. Magnussen has himself twice returned to an F1 race seat after spending a year on the sidelines, and said his own experiences showed that it is possible to come back to the sport. "It's a double-sided thing," Magnussen told media including TheFOXposts.Com . "On one hand, it's exciting, getting someone like Nico in with all his experience and capabilities. And on the other hand, I feel bad for Mick because I know how that feels, and I've been in that situation myself. "I think Mick has done a good job this year, and I like him as a person as well. I...

Antonio Giovinazzi was a main contender to replace Mick Schumacher at Haas for the 2023 Formula 1 season, according to boss Guenther Steiner. Following a two-year spell at Haas, 2020 F2 champion Schumacher lost his race seat at the end of the '22 campaign to be replaced by Nico Hulkenberg. However during the season, both Schumacher and Kevin Magnussen were forced to hand over their cars to Giovinazzi in FP1 sessions - outside of the mandatory rookie running to give the Ferrari tester experience in the new machines. This led to speculation that Giovinazzi could be set to replace Schumacher, but this cooled after he crashed early on during a runout in the United States. Steiner says that Haas are comfortable that they have got the right driver in Hulkenberg. Steiner on Giovinazzi vs Hulkenberg "He was in the beginning on the list of driver s," Steiner explained to media, ...