Haas Chief Slams Mick Schumacher Once Again In Upcoming Tell-All Book: "F***ing Ridiculous"
Guenther Steiner has once again hit out at Mick Schumacher for the amount the team had to spend after his crashes during the 2022 season.
Schumacher's 2022 season with the Haas team was nothing short of a rollercoaster, with the young driver accumulating a jaw-dropping $2 million (£1.6m) in damages. As a result, Haas decided to part ways with Schumacher, citing concerns over the mounting costs of his numerous crashes.
Schumacher's position on the Haas team was already on shaky ground following substantial crashes in Jeddah and Monaco. However, the final straw came in the form of a wet-weather accident during the first practice at Suzuka.
In an upcoming book, Haas team principal Guenther Steiner doesn't hold back when expressing his frustration over Schumacher's costly crashes. One particular incident, which took place during a slow in-lap at Suzuka, set the team back by a whopping $700,000 (£563,000).
Steiner is quoted in the book saying:
"It happened on the foking in-lap! On the in-lap! Sure, it was very wet out there on the track, but nobody else managed to write off a car while they were driving back to the pits.
"I cannot have a driver who I am not confident can take a car around safely on a slow lap. It's just foking ridiculous."
With Schumacher's Haas chapter closed, he signed with Mercedes as their reserve driver for the 2023 season. However, the German driver is keen to get back in a permanent seat in 2024, and he has already revealed that he has been contacted by other teams with interest in that.