Steiner Shows No Remorse Over Mick Schumacher Sacking: “You Break Up Quite Often…”

The Haas F1 team showed the exit door to Mick Schumacher after two bitter-sweet years. The American team decided against renewing the 23-year-old’s contract after the 2022 F1 season and Haas boss Guenther Steiner was probably a bit insensitive about sacking the German prodigy from his team. But now, the Italian-American has given his thoughts on the situation.

As per the report published by Motorsport Nextgen Auto, Steiner revealed, “Sometimes, one step back is two forwards. So he has put himself in a good position with a team where he has the best chance of a regular cockpit in the future. You break up quite often, so it doesn’t mean that you break up in an argument.”

“In the end, we both played with open cards and that’s why I think we’ll still talk to each other and say hello,” concluded the Haas honcho. Haas replaced Schumacher with fellow compatriot Nico Hulkenberg to partner up with Kevin Magnussen.

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The 35-year-old German driver has 181 F1 starts, having driven for to his name and has experience with teams like Force India, Sauber, Renault, and Aston Martin. Whereas, Mick Schumacher only has two years of experience with a single team and that was what Steiner pointed out after sending the German out.

Mercedes is ready to part ways with Mick Schumacher despite acquiring him recently

After two topsy-turvy years at Haas, the American team showed Mick Schumacher the exit door. Subsequently, the young German made a surprise move to Mercedes before he hit back at Haas F1 for the snub. Nonetheless, the German team is ready to let him go despite acquiring him recently. It will all come down to Schumacher Jr. and a few criteria, though, revealed Toto Wolff.

As per Motorsport Nextgen Auto, the Mercedes boss shared, “I believe that if we can provide him with a safe environment to develop further, he can be a good driver in a full-time seat in the future. Whether it’s with our team or whether we have to let him go, we don’t know yet.”

The Mercedes boss also talked about how Schumacher Jr. could be instrumental with the simulator while also making judgments about the car. His experience of two years could really be when it comes to the role of a reserve driver at the Silver Arrows.

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Schumacher Jr. joined Mercedes AMG F1 as a reserve driver behind Lewis Hamilton and George Russell. In the coming season, do you see Mick taking the wheel of the W14, as a substitute for either of his teammates? And if he gets that chance, could he impress the right stakeholders?