Shakeman wrote: ↑09 Sep 2022, 14:22
Hulkenberg is apparently favourite to take Mick's seat at Haas if you believe Microsoft News. Mick comes across as a very likeable lad and a credit to his parents but had his name been Mick Smith he wouldn't have been anywhere near F1.
Still I do not see where this should come from:
- Haas has no money or a very bad management. Before we call out Steiner let us concentrate on the money as their problem.
- Schumacher brings 15Mio Euro via 1&1. He costs 1Mio.
- Hulk and Magnussen would be the cheapest driver lineup in F1 with 500kEuro each. But still this is 14.5Mio Euro less budget in the end than Schmuacher/Hulk or Schumacher/Magnussen
- Why is Hulk not in the Alpine seat if anywhere?
Schumacher finished since the summer break constantly in front of Magnussen. Not bad for a paydriver I would say, this is Perez like performance. And this under Steiner...
My bet actually would be:
- They rather sack Magnussen than Schumacher. He has a contract, but a cheap one...so they could put him into the Ferrari simulator.
- They sack Steiner. Although the budget cap and the team sitting in the Ferrari coffee kitchen, the car is nowhere. They completely killed the 2021 season for 2022 and are nowhere. They also have no sponsors and except for a grumpy Steiner there is no other face of the team established. This also lead to killing Schumacher mid season. This is all management errors.
- They bring a sympathetic management team like McLaren started with Seidl, Key, Stella....