Gunther Steiner says he had no option other than to oust Haas’ former drivers and replace them with rookies Mick Schumacher and Nikita Mazepin for 2021. He says the “solution” he found was to “take two young drivers”. Indeed, Schumacher is a well-funded and Ferrari-linked driver, while the company headed by Mazepin’s wealthy father Dmitry is the team’s title sponsor. Steiner admits it is “a little harder” to work with rookie drivers, but thinks it would have been a “very bad” experience for Magnussen and Grosjean to drive the uncompetitive 2021 car anyway. Giving two experienced drivers a car like this, we could all potentially pull the team down.

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