Haas F1 disproves rumours of partial sales: "Storm in a teacup"

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17:21, 18 Jun 2020

At Haas F1, they once again made it clear that no shares of the team have been sold. Guenther Steiner will let us know on Thursday afternoon. The American team states that the ongoing speculation is based on nothing.

"Gene Haas is still the hundred percent owner of Haas," Steiner made clear during a videocall with Racefans.net and others. The Italian knows that for sure. “He never had a partner, he maybe doesn’t want a partner, he maybe doesn’t need a partner."

However, it is not excluded that in the future part of the team may be sold to investors. "When the time is right that he wants to do it, we will communicate it," said the team boss.

Steiner has finished it by now

He indicates that he is getting tired of all speculation about a (partial) sale of the team. “I think it’s now the third time that Gene has ‘sold the team [or] partly sold the team’. I mean, we were ‘sold to Saudi Arabia’ a year ago and the deal was ‘done’ and nobody ever spoke with Saudi Arabia. So I see this a little bit as a lot of trying to make a storm in a teacup for no good reason.”

Pos.	Driver	Team	Points
1	Kimi Antonelli Kimi Antonelli	MercedesMER	179
2	George Russell George Russell	MercedesMER	154
3	Lewis Hamilton Lewis Hamilton	FerrariFER	147
4	Charles Leclerc Charles Leclerc	FerrariFER	108
5	Lando Norris Lando Norris	McLarenMCL	97
6	Oscar Piastri Oscar Piastri	McLarenMCL	82
7	Max Verstappen Max Verstappen	Red Bull RacingRBR	76
8	Isack Hadjar Isack Hadjar	Red Bull RacingRBR	52
9	Pierre Gasly Pierre Gasly	AlpineALP	42
10	Liam Lawson Liam Lawson	Racing BullsRCB	39
11	Arvid Lindblad Arvid Lindblad	Racing BullsRCB	20
12	Oliver Bearman Oliver Bearman	HaasHAA	18
13	Franco Colapinto Franco Colapinto	AlpineALP	18
14	Gabriel Bortoleto Gabriel Bortoleto	AudiAUD	6
15	Carlos Sainz Carlos Sainz	WilliamsWIL	6
16	Alexander Albon Alexander Albon	WilliamsWIL	5
17	Esteban Ocon Esteban Ocon	HaasHAA	3
18	Fernando Alonso Fernando Alonso	Aston MartinAST	1
19	Nico Hulkenberg Nico Hulkenberg	AudiAUD	0
20	Valtteri Bottas Valtteri Bottas	CadillacCAD	0
21	Sergio Perez Sergio Perez	CadillacCAD	0
22	Lance Stroll Lance Stroll	Aston MartinAST	0

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