The Haas Fiasco

[truefan72]

I once thought really highly of this team and Steiner too.
But over the last 3 years, they have turned into a complete clown show and embarrassment

lets not forget, now that everyone was bashing Racing poin t for being a mercedes clone, that Hass showed up in F1 as a ferrari clone, and I didn't see nearly the same amount of vitriol, or for that matter, FIA sanctions (disguised as some inconsequential brake duct infraction...which was given prior approval).
Then, when called upon to truly build their own car, they have had no capability for 2 seasons to rectify their chasis isssues and correct their missteps.
Then came the whole Rich energy saga. Which if they just did their due diligence could have been avoided. Another team rejected their sponsorship and pretty quickly after the start of the season with no payments, should have bit the bullet and taken the sponsorship off the car. The fact that Steiner let the thing fester that way was disgusting.
And finaly the Mazepin situation: https://www.espn.com/f1/story/_/id/3...driver-mazepin
They decided to retain his services.
I don't care how much money the guy has. He absolutely shouldn't be an F1 driver, on merit or character.
what he displayed in Bahrein alone should have bene enough to eject him from any kind of contention for an F1 seat.
The guy is a danger to other drivers and has zero sportsmanship.
It is pretty pathetic all the way around and the last straw for me with this team.

To be honest, it is also somewhat of a failure and embarrassment for F1.
They have allowed this pay driver situation to get out of hand. And between, stroll, latifi, and mazepin have peversed the notion of what it is to be an actual F1 driver.
The failure to have 24-26 cars on the grid, is on them. They should have found a way to promote Campos, Arden and or Trident to F1, given all the work they have done in F2 & F3. With a proper discount on the entry fee.
The failure to ensure that the best drivers are on the grid is on them too. The series now consists of genuinely great drivers, and a slew of billionaires kids and paid drivers (supporting half the team) which is just pathetic.

Haas, embodies everything that is wrong with F1 and the continued employment of Mazepin fits right in line with their complete mismanagement of the entire team.
The best thing Gene Haas should do, is sell the team and exit stage left.