Haas needs to demonstrate it took the right decision with the two new drivers it hired last year during the 2022 F1 season, says team principal Guenther Steiner.
Mick Schumacher and Nikita Mazepin made their F1 debuts at Haas in 2021. The pair endured a tough season in an uncompetitive car, and neither scored points.
Steiner believes his drivers should be to contend for points finishes this year in the VF-22, early renderings of which were revealed last week. “The expectation is to be able to fight for points, to fight with the other drivers which are in Formula 1,” he said.
“They had one year of their rookie year, we always were very open about the expectations last year were not high. But it gave them the opportunity to learn, to establish them in Formula 1.
“Now it’s the year we have to prove that we are on the right track with the drivers.”
Schumacher comfortably had the beating of Mazepin in their first season together. He was emphatically the quicker of the pair in…