Haas Formula 1 team boss Günther Steiner s꧙ays he does not need drivers Romain Grosjean and Kevin Magnussen to get on with each other off-track - so long as it does not spill over into the team and affect its performance.

Haas drivers Grosjean and Magnussen have got caught up in a number of on-track incidents so far this season, with clashes at Silverstone and Hocke🥂nheim prompting Steiner to take a firmer approach in managing them via team orders.

Grosjean was particularly critical of Magnussen oꦛver team radio after the two made contact when battling for position late in the race, saying: “This guyꦆ is incredible, he will never learn.”

Asked by wuqian0821.com if there were any concerns about the relationship between his two༒ drivers, Steiner said it was not something he saw any need to get involved in.

“I’ll leave that to them. I don’t want to get involved in their personal [ma💫tters],” Steiner said.

🌼“As long as they respect the team and do what they need to do for the team - if they don’t get on personalཧly, I cannot fix that.

“You guys all know how hard it is to fix a relat♋ionship between two people. I wouldn’t think I’m the best one to do that anyway! As long as they respect the team and do what the team wants them to do, I’m fine with that.

♑“If they don’t speak with each other, as long as they don’t do anything negative towards the team, I have to live with that and I can live with that.

“Trying to force someone to have a good relationship does not work. We know that. I’m no psychologist, but I know th♊is much.”

However, both Grosj♑ean and Magnussen were quick to stress that their personal relationship ha🌳d not been affected by the recent incidents, claiming it remained good.

“People could think that it doesn’t look good, but actually the relationship with Kevin ☂is really good,” Grosjean said.

“We phone each other once a week or 𒉰so. We sat down and said, ‘what can we do better’, just to make sure that’s not happening again.

“Honestly, t🎐he relationship is very good. I like working with Kevin. I think he likes it also. We work well together and we get on nicely.”

Magnussen added: “Apart from those incidents on track, I feel that we have a pretty good w♚orking relationship. A✱nd actually, Romain is a cool guy, and we have a good time when we go to work.

“So, it’s being blown out of proportion a little 𒊎bit. I know you gu☂ys love a bit of a conflict and stuff like that, but it isn’t as bad as it looks.”