Zoff with the Schumacher team: McLaren boss wants to radically change Formula 1 - and catches a Haas counterattack

Created: 04/21/2022, 17:06

By: Michael Haug

McLaren boss Andreas Seidl sharply criticizes Mick Schumacher's Haas racing team.

He calls for radical changes.

Haas team boss Günther Steiner answers offensively.

Imola - Haas has so far been the surprise par excellence in this year's Formula 1. Last season, Mick Schumacher and Nikita Mazepin were far behind the field.

Everything is different this year.

Team boss Günther Steiner's team is fully involved, Kevin Magnussen is currently ninth in the Formula 1 drivers' standings with twelve points.

Schumacher team suddenly competitive: What are the reasons?

Haas works closely with Ferrari.

The US team received personnel and parts from Ferrari.

So the Scuderia specifically turned off Simone Resta to help Haas.

Haas takes full advantage of the regulations.

The new "sharing model" enables significantly more collaboration.

Large teams also had to dismiss staff as a result of the new regulations.

Red Bull team boss Christian Horner speaks of almost 100 employees that his team had to give up due to the salary cap.

Radical reforms: What would McLaren boss Andreas Seidl change?

All teams should develop their parts one hundred percent themselves, McLaren boss Seidl is now in favor of this.

The power unit and internal transmission components would be the only exceptions.

“For us it is clear that Formula 1 should be a championship of ten - or eleven or twelve - constructors.

This means that there should be no transfer of intellectual property related to core performance,” explains Seidl.

McLaren team boss Andreas Seidl (left) and Haas team boss Günther Steiner (right) do not agree © HOCH ZWEI via www.imago-images.de

Haas team boss Günther Steiner answers offensively.

"Fortunately, Andreas is not leading the FIA," says the South Tyrolean.

“Some people think they can change everything just by opening their mouths.

But that won't happen," Steiner teases, for whom the new rules have exceeded expectations.

Formula 1: Will every team soon need its own wind tunnel?

McLaren team boss Seidl would go one step further and also ban wind tunnel sharing.

"Because as soon as you allow that, there will also be a transfer of intellectual property to the other car," believes the 46-year-old.

"It makes B-Teams over-competitive compared to teams like us, while also benefiting the A-Teams, which is even more concerning for us," adds Seidl.

For Alpha-Tauri team boss Franz Tost, on the other hand, doing without wind tunnel sharing is “an absolute waste of money” and “would not fit with the topic of sustainability.” His team shares a wind tunnel with Red Bull Racing.

McLaren's boss Seidl is already in "dialogue with Formula 1, the FIA ​​​​and some teams".

After all, some things have to be corrected in the next few years.