Steiner: Gene Haas is not going to sell the team

Günther Steiner assured Jean Haas, the owner of the Haas F1 team, will not sell it, despite all the talk that this project is no longer as interesting to the California millionaire as it originally was.

The team debuted in 2016 in the World Championship and after a few seasons took 5th place in the Constructors’ Championship, but did not score a single point last year. However, this was explained both by the fact that two inexperienced newcomers performed in it at the time, and by the fact that Haas F1 has not upgraded the car at all and has put all their efforts and resources into preparing for 2022.

This has paid off and now that Kevin Magnussen has returned to the team, they are in 7th place in the Constructors’ Championship with 34 points already. By comparison, we can recall that this is more than she earned for the entire 2019 season.

“A lot of people are spreading various rumors that the Haas F1 is for sale, that it has gone bankrupt. It has never been the case that the team was on the brink of bankruptcy, Steiner quotes RacingNews365. – Gene Haas wanted to see in 2020 what the transition to the new regulation would bring, especially financial regulation, ie the introduction of a budget cap and a new approach to the distribution of prize money. When all this was clear, he decided to continue this project.

A lot of people want to buy a Formula 1 team and if Gene Haas is going to sell it there will be no shortage of candidates. But at the moment he is not interested in it.

It’s hard to predict what the balance of power in the middle group of teams will be this year – in every race someone comes forward, someone rolls back. I hope we can earn some more points, which will keep us in 7th place, and if we’re lucky we’ll try to climb up to 6th place.

It will be very difficult, but if you don’t set goals, you will never achieve anything. I’ve always said you can’t rely on luck alone…”