In recent days there have been a lot of discussions due to the controversies raised by Alpine, McLaren and Mercedes regarding the “too much similarity” argument between Haas and Scuderia Ferrari. The small American team, despite the pre-season problems regarding the situation with Nikita Mazepin and ousted title sponsor Mazepin, has leapt up the grid in 2022 with its all-new car designed according to the new rules and technical regulations.
Gunther Steiner, team principal of the American team, wanted to respond to the allegations of the various Szafnauer, Seidl and Wolff. Asked to comment on the subject, Gunther Steiner clarified how the relationship between Haas and Ferrari does not violate any regulations and commented on the controversies of the last few days:
“Luckily Andreas (Seidl, ed) doesn’t manage the FIA. Sometimes you can’t change the rules just because they don’t go well for you. Mercedes has won the championship eight years in a row. They had a great engine and they did a good job, but no one ever asked to change the rules on engines just because Mercedes was dominating. There is governance in place. If someone believes they can change everything just by talking, well that won’t happen.”
Gunther Steiner also dismissed suggestions that the Maranello team and Haas collaborated to such an extent that the American team might now be regarded as an extension of the Italian side: “Anyone who wants to get in there has to use their own entrance,” Steiner said. “Our computer systems are completely separate. No Formula 1 employee from Ferrari goes in there.” – he concluded.
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