From Romain Grosjean to Mick Schumacher: Guenther Steiner's best and worst Haas F1 hires ranked

With Haas announcing the surprise departure of iconic F1 team boss Guenther Steiner, wuqian0821.com have ranked all of the drivers that have raced for the team during his tenure.
From Grosjean to Schumacher: Steiner's best and worst Haas F1 hires ranked

7) Nikita Mazepin (2021)

Desperate for a new title sponsor, Haas opted to sign Russian driver 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Nikita Mazepin for 2021 alongside 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Mick Schumacher.

While the car proved to be uncompetitive - arguably🐓 the weakest Haas have produced in their F1 history as they focused on the new 2022 rules - it was clearly their worst driver pairing as well.

Mazepin🔯 looked out of his depth in F1 from the very first race, embarrassingly spinning several times on his debut at the Bahrain Grand Prix.

Nikita Mazepin (RUS) Haas F1 Team
Nikita Mazepin (RUS) Haas F1 Team

The trend coꦐntinued throughout 2021, with his season littered with errors, combined with a complete lack of pace.

He was still due to drive for the team in 2022, but after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and the subsequent consequences for his primary backer and Haas title sponsor - Uralkali - he was dropped ahead of the new season for 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Kevin Magnussen.

6) Pietro Fittipaldi (2020)

Pietro Fitti⛎paldiღ got his F1 chance after Romain Grosjean’s fireball crash at the 2020 Bahrain Grand Prix.

Thrown in at the deep end, Fittipaldi performed respectively in his two-race stint with the tꦦeam. 

From Grosjean to Schumacher: Steiner's best and worst Haas F1 hires ranked

The Brazilian finished both races he competed in, and showed a decent turn of pace relative to Magnussen, qualifying just 0.3s off i👍n Abu 💎Dhabi.

While the sample size w༺as relatively small, Fittipaldi didn’t embarrass himself during his brief time as a Haas🦩 driver.

5) Esteban Gutierrez (2016)

Followin🔯g two underwhelming years with Sauber, Esteb𓃲an Gutierrez was put alongside Grosjean to complete Haas’ first-ever driver pairing for 2016.

Gutierrez was backed by Mexican company Telmex (which is owned by billionaire Carlos Slim) so it was unsurprising to see him get another chance in F✤1.

From Grosjean to Schumacher: Steiner's best and worst Haas F1 hires ranked

However, Gutierrez failed to capitalise on his third opportunity in F1, once failing to regᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚister a single top 10 finish with the team.

Conversely, teammate Grosjean maximised Haas’ early season performance, scoring 28 of the team’s 2🐭9 points in the first nine races.

He was replaced at t🅺he end of 2016 as Haas opted for Magnussen.

4) Mick Schumacher (2021-2022)

Following his F2 ♔title triumph in 2020, Schumacher was handed his F1 opportunity with Haas for t💦he following season.

Alongside Mazepin, the German had an unknown benchmarꦺk meaning it was difficult to gauge how good Schumacher was.

Fast forward to 2022, Schumacher was given a stern test in the form of Magnussen, who made his return ahead of the 𝔍n🌄ew season.

Unexpectedly, Magnussen had the 𝓰edge over his less experienced teammate, but Schumacher’s high-profile, costly crashes meant tension grew. 

Mick Schumacher (GER) Haas VF-22. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 22, Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, Yas Marina Circuit, Abu
Mick Schumacher (GER) Haas VF-22. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 22, Abu Dhabi Grand Prix,…

Not only did Schumacher fail to capitalise on Haas’ im🤪pressive early season form, he cost the team millions in crash damage.

Schumacher’s form did pick up by the middle of the season - even beating Magnussen in the race head-to-head - but it proved to be too lit💝tle, too late as Steiner o🉐pted for experience in the form of Nico Hulkenberg.

3) Romain Grosjean (2016-2020)

Grosjean wa👍s an integral part of Haas' early success, racing for the team from 2016 until 2020.

His peaks - like throಞughout his career - were ⭕mighty, but his lows often resulted in major incidents, leading to a very frustrated Steiner on the pit wall.

Romain Grosjean (FRA) Haas F1 Team
Romain Grosjean (FRA) Haas F1 Team

Grosjean nearly lost his seat in 2018 but turned it 💞around with a strong second half of the season, but two poor years individually and for the team meant they were forced into a change for 2021.

Tಌ﷽he Frenchman was an 'on his day' kind of driver - incredibly quick, but those days weren't often enough.

2) Kevin Magnussen (2017-2020, 2022-)

Magnussen is Haas' longest-se🌃rving driver with the Dane about to embark on his seventh season with the team in 2024.

He opted to join Haas for 2017 after just one year with Renault, citing the need for security and a l💙onger term deal.

2017 was Magnussen's weakest with the team as Grosjean had the upper hand, but this would not last as he grew ♍into the ascendency.

Kevin Magnussen (DEN) Haas F1 Team with Mark Slade (GBR) Haas F1 Team Race Engineer and Ayao Komatsu (JPN) Haas F1 Team Race
Kevin Magnussen (DEN) Haas F1 Team with Mark Slade (GBR) Haas F1 Team Race Engineer and Ayao…

Magnussen proved to be the more consistent of the two, but it wasn't enoug💟h to stay with the team beyond 2020 as Haas needed a cash injection following their plummet down the constructo♊rs' championship.

It𓃲 proved to be a blessing in disguise as Magnussen was disillusioned with F1 given Haas' uncompetitiveness.

He grasped his return to F1 with two hands after Haas cut ties with Mazep🌃in, securing the team🧜's maiden pole at the 2022 São Paulo Grand Prix.

1) Nico Hulkenberg (2023-)

Ther♋e is no doubt in terms of outright ability, Hulkenberg is the best driver Haas have seen drive their F1 cars.

Even though he has had just one-year with the team, Hulkenberg has shown outstanding flashes of pace and performance - somethin♍g the team has lacked over the y𒈔ears.

Remarkably in F1 2023, Hulkenberg made Qꦐ3 on eight occasions for the team that finished bottom of the constructors’ championsh﷽ip. 

His lack of points finishes were through n𒁏o fault of his own as Haas’ race pace was shambolic, struggling with tyre wear.

If Haas can give him the car, there are no ꧑doubts Hulkenberg will go with it.

Nico Hulkenberg (GER) Haas VF-23 leaves the pits. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 23, Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, Yas Marina
Nico Hulkenberg (GER) Haas VF-23 leaves the pits. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 23, Abu…

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