Haas hesitates – Mick Schumacher threatens next disappointment in Barcelona

Created: 05/17/2022, 18:08

By: Christoph Klaucke

Haas hesitates with improvements to the car.

Mick Schumacher is threatened with a setback in the Formula 1 race in Barcelona, ​​but he remains calm.

Barcelona – The first five Grand Prix in Formula 1 have been completed.

Before the season, neither team knew exactly where it was after the rule changes.

That has now changed after almost a quarter of the 22 races.

At the top of the drivers' standings, Charles Leclerc in the Ferrari and world champion Max Verstappen in the Red Bull are fighting a hot duel.

The former series winner Lewis Hamilton only drives behind in the Mercedes.

Mick Schumacher is still waiting for his first points in Formula 1, but his Haas team has made a big leap compared to last year.

However, the racing team could now fall behind again.

Formula 1: Mick Schumacher's Haas team is waiting with updates

After the first five races, all Formula 1 teams received important information about the performance of the car.

Now that means eliminating your weaknesses and becoming even faster.

A popular method is updating the cars for the upcoming Grand Prix in Barcelona, ​​because the winter tests have already taken place in Spain and there are therefore meaningful comparative values.

Numerous teams such as Ferrari, Alfa Romeo and Aston Martin have already announced major updates for Barcelona, ​​Mick Schumacher's Haas racing team is still hesitating.

"Usually Spain is the obvious place to bring upgrades and I think some teams will do that as well," said Haas team boss Günther Steiner.

"I don't know how big the difference will be between the individual cars and what they will bring, but we have decided to wait a little longer with the upgrades."

Mick Schumacher still has to be patient for updates on his Haas.

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Formula 1 plans upgrades for Barcelona – Schumacher's Haas team hesitates

Due to the change in the rules for the current season, many teams are still groping in the dark as to how the maximum performance can be teased out of the new cars.

The engineers first have to learn to understand the cars before they can be further developed.

Improvements in the form of updates could therefore make a decisive difference.

Are Mick Schumacher and Haas threatened with the next disappointment after the bitter Grand Prix in Miami without updates?

"I think that even without them we still have power in the car that we have to call on on the track, which we sometimes succeed in and sometimes don't," explained Steiner.

"We've got a good upgrade package in about four or five races ahead, so I'm confident." That wouldn't be until early July at Silverstone, almost halfway through the season.

Formula 1: Mick Schumacher rejects updates and names a decisive advantage

Without new updates, Mick Schumacher is not worried about the competitiveness of his car, quite the opposite.

"Updates make it difficult to understand the car better because you're constantly developing," said the 23-year-old.

"If the car stayed the same, after five races you might know it a little better because it's the same, but we're constantly changing it to make it faster."

Schumi junior finally wants to score his first points in Formula 1 in Barcelona.

He was very close in Miami but fell back to the end of the field after an accident with his mentor Sebastian Vettel.

It remains to be hoped that Schumacher will be able to get closer to the points in Spain without any new updates.