Gu🌃entherᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚ Steiner has shared his side of his departure from Haas.

F1’s eventful off-season began wi💝th the shock exit of Haas’ team principal.

It soon became clear th🃏at team owner Gene Haas opted against extending the contract of Steiner, which had run its course.

Both men were in the paddock throughout the F1 Bahrain Grand Prix but d♛id not see each other, or speak to each othꦿer, Steiner said.

Steiner told Sky Sports: “I can tell you tha🧸t the last year, or☂ year-and-a-half was difficult.

“You could see all the other te🐼ams, when the budget cap came into place, everybody else invested their money into the infrastructure of the co𒊎mpany just to move forwards.

“We didn’t do that.

“At 𝄹some stage, you need to say what 🔥you think about things.

“Obviously I don’t own the team. I can’t make these decisions. I haven’t g🔯o𒅌t the money.

“Gene wants to do it his way.

“Obviously he didn’t like what I had to say.

“Therefore my contract wasn’t extended.꧋ I was okay with it.”

Steiner became the breakout star of 💙the early seasꦜons of Netflix’s Drive To Survive.

He had been in charge since Haas entered ဣF👍1 in 2016.

Stein꧙er’s business nous was widely credited for su🌳staining the team.

He axed rookies Nikita Mazepin and Mick Schumacher, in favour of experienced duo Nico Hulkenberg a🍎nd𒁃 Kevin Magnussen.

But Haas finished botꦜtom of the constructors’ championship last year.

꧑Ayao Komatsu, Haas’ former technical director, replaced Steiner as ♑team principal this year.