Guenther Steiner, head of the Haas F1 Team, says he is accustomed to criticizing the controversial “Team B” for skillfully using rules for knowledge and personnel transfers between teams.
Technically speaking, the Haas F1 Team itself is not a constructors. The chassis is manufactured by Darali, Italy, and the engine and gearbox are supplied by Ferrari.
However, due to the tightening of the budget cap in 2022, there was a significant personnel transfer between Ferrari and the Haas F1 Team, and staff left the compact Scuderia Ferrari to strengthen the smaller Haas F1 Team.
The Haas F1 Team has also set up a design office on the premises of Ferrari’s headquarters in Maranello, where former Ferrari F1 chief designer Simone Resta oversees the production and development of the 2022 Haas F1 machine. ..
A clear advance compared to the last two seasons of the Haas VF-22 that was born will bring the topic of mobile components, shared resources (such as wind tunnels), and personnel moving between the two teams in the supplier / customer arrangement. Resurfaced.
Guenther Steiner, head of the Haas F1 Team, explains that these topics are so frequent that you won’t be bothered by them anymore.
“It’s not frustrating, it’s like,’again?’,” Guenther Steiner told the media.
“I’m not frustrated anymore. I’m used to it and it’s normal.”
Andreas Seidl, McLaren’s F1 team representative, elaborated on the topic in Melbourne and outlined the team’s position.
McLaren is a Mercedes engine customer, but as a full-fledged constructor, he said he was struggling to beat the Haas F1 Team’s performance in 2022, Andreas Seidl said Haas F1 was between teams. He said he violated the transfer rules.
“We want to clarify our view that we are not dependent on our current sporting situation, such as the sporting situation of a team like Haas,” commented Andreas Seidl.
“For years, it’s a matter of our principles, and it’s clear that F1 needs to be a championship of 10 constructors, which means no IP (intellectual property) transfers should occur. This is related to car performance. “
“For us, the only maximum we can share is inside the power unit and gearbox. Don’t share infrastructure, etc. IP transfers for the car will occur as soon as we allow it.”
Andreas Seidl continues to call for a ban on such scenarios.
“We know it’s difficult for the FIA to crack down,” added Andreas Seidl.
“If you can’t crack down on something, you need to ban it. There are two reasons. The” B “team is overly competitive compared to teams like us. At the same time, the” A ” The team is also benefiting, which is even more worrisome to us. “
“I hope that all dialogues between F1, the FIA, and some teams will eventually see some action in the next few years to correct the situation.”
Not surprisingly, Guenther Steiner said in Andreas Seidl’s opinion that it would be unfair to change the rules based on finding a way for a team to move forward, as such transfers are permitted. I argued.
“Fortunately Andreas doesn’t run the FIA, so he can suggest it, but if he wants to run it, he has the governance to define it,” Guenther Steiner explained.
“There are rules that cannot be changed and must work for it.”
“Mercedes has won the world championships for eight consecutive years. They had a very powerful engine and did a good job for them. But no one said,’They’re winning everything. I need to change the engine rules. “
“Governance is in place, and I don’t think it will happen if you think that certain people can change everything just by saying something.”
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