These are a bit special weeks at home Haas. The stable Blazer in fact it is, together with the Williams, the only team that still hasn't decided its line up for next season.
Schumacher always at risk
With the confirmation of Kevin Magnussen, question marks about Mick Schumacher persist. German, in the latter four races of the season, the future will be played out, which however seems to be increasingly at risk. The weekend of Suzuka, finished in last place, was undoubtedly one to forget. The error in FP1 and the race are not performances that can play in favor of the number 47 on the grid, with Steiner continuing to watch and verify other profiles.
The names in the Haas house
There are two names to replace Schumacher: Antonio Giovinazzi and Nico Hulkenberg. The pilot Italian he was initially the main suspect to replace the German, also considering the free practice session held at Monza. Over time however, Nico Hulkenberg's name kept coming back to Mr. Haas' mind. For the German it would be yet another return to Formula One, even if his place on the official grid has been missing for a long time.
The opening of Hulkenberg
The possibility is there. Hulkenberg knows this and stated to the Lissie Mackintosh YouTube channel.
“Now I travel less, because I don't do all the races, as was the case in the past. I don't go to all the grands prix, but only to those that are also important from a commercial point of view, where there are appointments with sponsors. I will also go to Austin which is always a big event. Clearly if you are not the starting driver you don't have the pressure of the result or the media: it's a little more relaxing, of course, but there are times when you lack the competition, the presence on the grid, the adrenaline of the Formula 1 race In this period as third driver I haven't trained as intensely as I did before or at the beginning of my career, also because you only come into play in emergency situations to replace someone. But who knows, maybe there is an opportunity for 2023 or for the future, so I recently increased the intensity of my workouts again“.
STATEMENT SOURCE: FormulaPassion
