Mick Schumacher "costs a fortune" and has "wrecked a lot of cars", admits Haas F1 team owner
Schumacher is battling to keep his Haas seat for168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史: F1 2023 and is understood to be facing direct competition from 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Nico Hulkenberg to partner 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Kevin Magnussen next season.
The future of the son of seven-time world champion 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Michael Schumacher is uncertain🍃 following several huge crashes and a lack of results earlier in the campaign.
Speaking to at a NASCAR race in Las Vegas on Sunday, Haas conceded th𒁏e 23-year-old German has cost his team “a fortune”.
“In this sport, being kind 🥃of a rookie driver, the sport just doesn’t allow it - it’s just too expensi🍌ve,” said Haas.
“If you make any mistakes in driver selectꦜion, or strategy, or tire se🤡lection, it is costing you millions of dollars.
“I think Mick has got a lot of potential, but you know he costs a fortune and he’s wrecked a lot of cars that have cost us a lot of money that ♏we just don’t have.
“Now, if you bring us some points, and you are [Max] Verstappen and you 👍wreck cars, we’ll deal with it. But when you are in the back and you wreck cars, that’s very difficult.”
Haas’ competitiveness has tailed off as the season has gone on but improved performances🌄 from Schumacher since the summer break appear to have kept him in contention for a drive next year.
Schumacher has outqualified teammate Magnussen three times in the past five races and the pair have been closely matched. By contrast, Mag⛦nussen held 𝓀a clear advantage over Schumacher at the start of the year.
Haas says Schu🏅macher will secure his seat if he scores more points - something neither Haas driver has done since July’s Austrian Grand Prix - insisting the German’s future is in his own hands.
“Mick’s future is going to be 🔴decided by Mick,” he ex🍌plained.
“We’re just waiting. We need Mick to bring some points and we’re trying to give ܫhim as much time as possible to see what he can do.
“If he wants to ꦰstay with us, he’s got to show us that he can score some more points. Th✱at’s what we are waiting for.”
Asked if Schumacher🀅 will get the ꦏfinal four races to prove himself, Haas replied: “Well, if he wins the next one, he’s in. Somewhere inbetween there is a grey area."
Haas will be hoping to return to the points on home soil at this weekend's 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:United States Grand Prix.
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