Steiner reveals a significant rift in vision with Haas F1’s owner, spotlighting his unheeded proposals and refusal to accept blame for team failures.
Günther Steiner revealed that his ambitions were not aligned with those of Haas F1. Steiner, who had led the team since its inception in 2016 until the end of the 2022 season, explained that he proposed solutions but was not listened to by those to whom he made these proposals.
Despite his role as director, he maintained that he did not hold all the cards and thus refused to take responsibility for failures for which he did not consider himself at fault.
“I tried to find a solution to get out of the hole I was in,” Steiner stated during the broadcast of ‘How to Fail with Elizabeth Day’. “They were not accepted. When that happened, I didn’t care. I did not want to take the blame for the situation the team was in.”
“Because it wasn’t because of me. It was for another reason. It wasn’t my company. I have to respect that, you know, I’m old enough to do that. You can do what you like, but it doesn’t bother me.”
The Italian admitted that he should have left earlier, acknowledging that his ego played a role in his perseverance: “What I think I’ve learned is that I should have left earlier. When you feel it’s not right, listen to your feeling.”
“I had this feeling, but it’s clear that in F1, you’re drawn in, everyone is interested, you generate a lot of interest and you’re almost afraid to stop. But when you do give up, it’s actually better, anyway, and you rightly say that failure makes you good, but you also need to be cautious.”
“If you fall too hard, it’s not good, but what I’ve learnt here is that next time, or whenever it is, I’ll listen more to my inner feelings, and not my ego.”
“I do nothing without the aim of winning.”
Steiner acknowledges that frustration was significant when leaving Haas, as he would have liked to achieve success with the team he had built based on his original vision: “I’m disappointed because I do nothing without the aim of winning something.”
“You know, I’m not in motorsport just to have a job. I’m not here for that. I want to win something. And perhaps that’s also why all this, why I left, happened because I wanted to move forward and the owner did not.”
“I want to go further and, at some point, you prefer to take a step back to make two steps forward rather than continue doing the same thing, when you feel that I can’t do what I want.”
“Winning a world championship is difficult, and I can’t in any way say that I would have won with another team, no, but I want at least to have the chance to win.”
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Haas F1 Rift: Steiner’s Vision Clashes With Owner’s Goals Haas F1 Rift: Steiner’s Vision Clashes With Owner’s Goals
