F1 Gossip: Haas sees 'greater potential' in wide sidepod design

In the latest Formula 1 gossip column, Haas team boss Guenther Steiner thinks the wide sidepod design has ‘greater potential’ as opposed to Mercedes and Williams’ slimmer concepts.
F1 Gossip: Haas sees 'greater potential' in wide sidepod design

- Speaking to German publication , Haas Formula 1 team principal Guenther Steine𝄹r said that the team trialled the slimmer sidepod concept in the wind tunnel but opted for✨ a wider design after seeing ‘greater potential’.

He said: “This exact c🌃oncept was our first design. We had it in the wind tunnel last July, and we already noticed there that it gives advantages in sౠlow corners. But as an overall package, we saw greater potential in wide sidepods.”

- Toto Wolff🌺 has shed light on a heated discussion with Lewis Hami✱lton at his home in 2016 improved their relationship.

He told : “We kind of went into this discussion at loggerheads and then, after four or five hours in the kitchen, we found ourselves on a totally different🦩 level. A purely business-related relationship had become a personal relationship. He’s a friend.

 “That doesn’t mean we don’t argue anymore but now, Lewis’s success is t💯he team’s success, and the team’s success is Lewis’s success.”

- In the🎶 same interview, Wolff opened up about his own mental health issues.

“High profile people who seem to have everything but are struggling, I think we have an obligation to say we’re getting help and🎉 it’s ok to get help,” he added. “I’ve been going to a psychiatrist since 2004. I think I’ve had more than 500 hours [of therapy]. I have suffered mentally and I still do.

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- ꦿ;F1 🎐returnee Kevin Magnussen has admitted that his ‘biggest worry’ on his return to the sport is finishing the first race at Sakhir.

In an interꦯview on , he said: “Our objectives for this weekend are – first of all with these new cars - my biggest worry is not finishing the race. I think it’s important to get off to a solid start rather than an explosive one.” 

- Pierre Gasly expects there to be surprises in F1 2022 but the top team🌺s to keep their advant🐭age. ().

 

 

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