Former Haas F1 Team driver Romain Grosjean considers Mick Schumacher a victim of the team’s negative spiral.
Mick Schumacher is in his second season in F1 and has yet to score points in F1 despite a significant improvement in the Haas VF-22.
This year, Mick Schumacher has been scrutinized further by the change of teammates during the winter vacation. Nikita Mazepin, who was inexperienced in his synchronous debut, has left, and veteran Kevin Magnussen has returned to the Haas F1 Team.
Kevin Magnussen finished fifth in the opening round in Bahrain and then scored another two points in three races to attract attention. However, the Haas F1 Team has not scored points in the last five races.
Kevin Magnussen made contact with Lewis Hamilton on the opening lap of the F1 Spanish Grand Prix, and while the two made contact again in Montreal, Mick Schumacher crashed alone in Monaco, with some self-harm incidents. Woke up. However, incidents like Kevin Magnussen’s retirement in Baku and Schumacher, who retired while driving hard within the points range, are signs of a “typical” negative spiral for the Haas F1 Team, according to Romain Grosjean. talk.
Romain Grosjean, who is currently racing in IndyCar, spent five years with the Haas F1 Team between 2016 and 2020. Grosjean is a big slump for teams like the 2019 and 2020 seasons when the Haas F1 Team simply couldn’t unleash car performance after years of great racing and qualifying results. Also experienced.
Mick Schumacher is still no point in F1, but Romain Grosjean is developing other cars, while the Haas F1 team has not yet introduced an update to the VF-22, Schumacher is the team’s negative I think I’m a victim of the spiral.
“He (Schumacher) has to recover on the track,” Romain Grosjean told GP Fans.
“Recently he’s been racing a bit rough. I don’t think the car is useful because the car is backing up a bit.”
“Maybe he wants to do what Kevin did with a 5th place finish and some points early in the season, but now that there are no updates, the car will do that. Is not “
“It’s very typical for the Haas F1 Team. The start is good and the retreat. I know it too well.”
“If you try to get points for 5th place like Mick now, you will definitely start making mistakes and that’s happening. So you have to take the time and sometimes slower is faster. “
The contract between Mick Schumacher and the Haas F1 Team will be renewed at the end of the 2022 season, but question marks will be added as to whether Ferrari’s junior drivers will be retained after a series of costly crashes.
However, Guenther Steiner has downplayed the view that their relationship is tense, revealing that talks after 2023 will not be held until the summer vacation in August.
“It’s too much noise that we’re not talking to each other,” Guenther Steiner told Bild.
“I’m laughing at other people talking about how we don’t seem to have a good relationship.”
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