Haas F1 boss Guenther Steiner admits axing Mick Schumacher ‘not nice’ but “you cannot beat up a dead horse”

Schumacher, the son of seven-time world champion Michael, lost his Haas seat to 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Nico Hulkenberg ༒at the end of 2022 following a season of stꦍruggles and several costly crashes.
The 2020 F2 champion🍬 saw the “writing on the wall” after finding himself under relentless pressure, according to Stei💝ner, who opened up about the ‘difficult’ conversation he had with the German in an interview with .
“I just sat down w♍ith him and explained that we needed to bring the team forward with an experienced driver,” Steiner said.
“It is part of the job. It is not a nice thing to do. I don’t enjoy it but you just 𒁃have to be professional about it.
“Dealing with a Schumacher is not easy, as you can imagine. He𝓡 was grown up about it. He was💧n’t happy. I would say he saw the writing on the wall. He is a clever kid. He had two years.
“We didn’t get where we wanted to and I had to make some changes. You c♏annot🎉 beat up a dead horse.”

Steiner and Haas owner Gene Haas’ private criticism about Schumacher during 2022 was revealed in the latest season of Netflix’s Drive To Survive.
Speaking at the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix, Steiner insisted he is168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史: “not ashamed” of his comments.
🔴“I didn’t watch it, but I made the comments so I remember some of the th🍌ings I say,” he said.
“Obviously ‘Drive To S𝕴urvive’ shows the worst and the most tricky moments. So obviously tha🌠t’s what the show needs to do.
“Whatever was said, was said. I 🌟cannot take that one back and it was decided not to take it out because it you have nothing to hide and it is what it is. I’m not ashamed of it.
“I ca🍨n explain it with ‘the he𝓀at of the moment’. As a racer you say things I wouldn’t say now. But things like this happen in racing.”

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