Guenther Steiner dismisses Drive to Survive after Schumacher comments

Mick Schumacher drives his father’s Ferrari F2003-GA in October

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Haas team principal Guenther Steiner claims he ‘does not care’ about Netflix show Drive to Survive after causing a stir with his comments on Mick Schumacher. The youngster lost his F1 seat at the end of last season after public criticism from Steiner, who repeatedly slated him for being ‘slow’.

Steiner is one of the key figures in Drive to Survive, with the fifth series now available for viewing. It covers the 2022 season, which was an intriguing one for Haas as Schumacher struggled to keep up with new team-mate Kevin Magnussen.

In the end, the 23-year-old finished with less than half of Magnussen’s points total and his two-year stint in F1 was brought to an end. Nico Hulkenberg has been drafted in at Haas for this season with Schumacher assuming a reserve driver role at Mercedes.

After a season littered with crashes, mishaps and underwhelming performances, Steiner pulled no punches as he was caught on camera saying: “F***ing hell. [Schumacher] is going so f***ing slow he doesn’t need a brake.”

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Despite his eccentric personality making him a prominent fixture in the Netflix show, Steiner has dismissed it as unimportant amid backlash from his Schumacher remarks. “I didn’t watch it but I made the comments, and I remember some of the things I say,” he explained. “And I don’t think they’ve shown everything I said!

“Obviously, that’s what the show needs to do, and whatever was said, was said, I can’t take that one back. It was decided not to take it out, because we have nothing to hide. It is what it is. I’m not ashamed of it. I’ve got one team member who watches it.

“Put yourself in my shoes, the best is they don’t show anything, but is that good? No. So you don’t get involved directly with your own performance because I’m not an actor. It’s not acting. I don’t judge if I act good or not. I’m judged on what we achieve at the race track, not if Netflix looks good or bad. I don’t really care about that.”

Schumacher’s uncle, former F1 star Ralf, has struck out at Steiner since the footage aired, claiming that Mick ‘could have been motivated better’ and that he ‘expected a team boss to treat a young man differently’.

The changes at Haas failed to yield any points in the season’s opening race last weekend. Both Magnussen and Hulkenberg finished a lap down in Bahrain to leave the team pointless early on.

That came in sharp contrast to last year’s curtain-raiser, which saw Magnussen clinch a famous P5 as Schumacher finished just outside the points in 11th.

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