Haas has rejected the proposal of running three-car teams in Formula 1, with team꧅ boss Gunther Steiner adding such a move would “distort” the championship an🧸d “confuse” fans.

Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff recently suggestꦡed teams could run a third car ಌin order to help promote young talent onto the F1 grid.

Wolff’s comments came amid ongoing uncertainty surrounding the f🎀uture of Mercedes junior Esteban Ocon, who is set to lose his Force India drive to Lance Stroll and could miss out on a spot on the 2019 grid altogether.

There are also concerns over the immediate future of fellow Mercedes-backed driver George Russell should he go on to win the Formula 2 Champio𒐪nship he currently leads, with F1 sౠeats increasingly-diminishing for next season.

"I'm not in agreement with a third car because🐼 it could confuse the whole picture," Steiner explained.

"It would be🐻 very difficult to understand for the fans and new spectators that sometimes a third car could run.

"It would distort the actu♛al championship, in my opinion. I think we need to sit back and com൩e up with a better idea."

Steiner said Haas would only consider running a third car if the costs♔ were covered by another party.

“As it st🌱ands, we have no interest to field a third car," he added. "If somebody comes up and🌱 pays for it, yes we can consider it.

"Until that happens, there is🧸 no thinking about a third car for us."