Haas boss Guenther Steiner claims former driver Mick Schumacher cost the team around $3 million in crash damage during the 2022 season.
In an extract from his new book, Surviving to Drive, Steiner reveals he axed the 24-year-old after losing confidence in the son of seven-time world champion Michael Schumacher.
Schumacher had three big crashes in 2022, in Saudi Arabia, Monaco and Japan.
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The crash in Japan happened when the drivers were returning to the pits, and cost just over $1 million.
"It happened on the foking in-lap," Steiner wrote, according to The Sunday Times.
"On the in-lap! Sure, it was very wet out there on the track, but nobody else managed to write off a car while they were driving back to the pits.
"How many people could we employ with $700,000 (AUD $1m)? And I have to now find that money."
Steiner claimed that Schumacher's other crashes took the driver's total damage bill for the season up to about $3 million.
The team boss added that the decision to replace Schumacher with Nico Hulkenberg for 2023 was an easy one.
"We lose a car after five minutes and now have to build another," he wrote.
"I cannot have a driver who I am not confident can take a car around safely on a slow lap. It's just foking ridiculous."
Hulkenberg finished seventh in the Australian Grand Prix earlier this month, while Schumacher is now a reserve driver for the Mercedes team.
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Haas boss Guenther Steiner claims former driver Mick Schumacher cost the team around $3 million in crash damage during the 2022 season.
In an extract from his new book, Surviving to Drive, Steiner reveals he axed the 24-year-old after losing confidence in the son of seven-time world champion Michael Schumacher.
Schumacher had three big crashes in 2022, in Saudi Arabia, Monaco and Japan.
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The crash in Japan happened when the drivers were returning to the pits, and cost just over $1 million.
"It happened on the foking in-lap," Steiner wrote, according to The Sunday Times.
"On the in-lap! Sure, it was very wet out there on the track, but nobody else managed to write off a car while they were driving back to the pits.
"How many people could we employ with $700,000 (AUD $1m)? And I have to now find that money."
Steiner claimed that Schumacher's other crashes took the driver's total damage bill for the season up to about $3 million.
The team boss added that the decision to replace Schumacher with Nico Hulkenberg for 2023 was an easy one.
"We lose a car after five minutes and now have to build another," he wrote.
"I cannot have a driver who I am not confident can take a car around safely on a slow lap. It's just foking ridiculous."
Hulkenberg finished seventh in the Australian Grand Prix earlier this month, while Schumacher is now a reserve driver for the Mercedes team.
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