Steiner admits: "It's quite a challenge"

The Haas team had a disappointing opening race in Bahrain. While Mick Schumacher crossed the finish line last, Nikita Mazepin had to retire early. For team boss Guenther Steiner this is no reason to panic.

Steiner knew better than anyone that Haas was in for a tough season. The team opted to put two new drivers in the cars this season, making the first few races mostly about fine-tuning how the team functions best. However, the team boss calculated this in advance and looks forward to the race in Imola with a lot of confidence.

"It's quite a big challenge," he tells in the press release. "Formula 1 is a very difficult sport, but we knew the challenge, therefore there’s no big surprise. We decided to do this, and we need to get through it. I just try to see it that the drivers feel comfortable – I don’t try to micromanage them. They have their engineers and they need to work with them on a day-to-day basis."

Confidence in Haas team

The Haas team boss emphasised that he has a lot of confidence in the people currently working at Haas. "For sure though, in the beginning, I will be well informed what is happening and try to see where I may need to intervene. I’m not doing the job myself; I’ve got good people working for the team which know how to do the job better than me. I just observe what is happening. If there’s a problem I’m there to ask what it is and then I see if I need to do something.”