Guenther Steiner believes he “stayed at Haas too lengthy” earlier than his departure this winter, with the staff unable to battle on the entrance in Method 1.
The previous Haas staff principal held the place because it entered F1 in 2016 till he was changed by Ayao Komatsu forward of this season. Steiner was current on the Bahrain Grand Prix working as a media pundit for German tv and can be writing a column for the official F1 web site, the place he admits he had overlooked the targets he needed to goal for.
“Life has been good since I left Haas forward of this season,” Steiner mentioned. “These previous couple of weeks are the primary time I’ve switched off from F1 for round a decade. This time has been good for me. The longer time goes on, the extra I can see that I stayed at Haas too lengthy.
“Once you step away, you get readability and you’ll see what it is advisable do. When you’re there, you’re in denial — you assume you are able to do it however you can’t.
“After I was there, with what we had, you might nonetheless battle for being seventh, eighth or ninth however you couldn’t battle for podiums with out the identical weapons as the opposite guys. Doing that in the long run just isn’t what I wish to do in life. I don’t wish to be seventh once more. I’ve accomplished that. I need to have the ability to battle, to battle on the entrance.”
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Steiner factors to the event of Mercedes for example of how a staff with the precise sources turned a dominant pressure, saying he’s solely curious about a return to the F1 grid if it gives extra potential for development.
“When Toto Wolff began with Mercedes, the staff on the time was not on the high. Sure, that they had the benefit of the engine at first, however he set the whole lot up proper to achieve success within the mid-term — and so they gained eight constructors’ championships. It’s the identical factor with Crimson Bull. How lengthy did it take for them to get there? Yearly, they saved on getting higher. You want that persistence and long-term planning.
“I’d come again to F1 sooner or later, nevertheless it must be the precise venture, accomplished proper.”
