In just one sentence: Schumacher destroyed Hülkenberg's hopes before the first race. “We won’t see that many good scenes from Haas,” was the Sky expert’s sobering conclusion.

Günther Steiner's time with the US racing team is now a thing of the past; his contract was not renewed after ten years. The 58-year-old was replaced by Ayao Komatsu, who will now focus primarily on technology development.