(Motorsports news) It was a victory in and of itself, according to Steiner, that the stewards declared the FIA was doing a “bad job” on track limitations. After examining video of cars at Turn 6 at the US GP at Circuit of the Americas, Haas filed a request for a right of review, concluding that Logan Sargeant, Alex Albon, Sergio Perez, and Lance Stroll had all broken many rules during the race. The group assembled what they thought to be fresh and pertinent data—photographs and videos—that would set off a review.
Though they urged the FIA to find a better solution for track limits, particularly Austin’s Turn 6, the US GP stewards felt differently. When asked about the unsuccessful offer, Steiner responded, “I don’t regret it.” “We tried, even though we knew it would be hard to stick. At least we knew that.” And it turned out that the stewards genuinely believed the FIA was performing poorly. And I believe that was the action taken.
“We didn’t gain anything from it, but you have to try; you have to struggle through life. You just cannot claim, “Oh, I do nothing.” Steiner disagreed with the stewards’ statement that Haas ought to have filed a protest right away following the US race rather than waiting to submit one and then requesting a review. “I don’t have to protest because the FIA should have made sure that they had a CCTV camera on Turn 6,” Steiner remarked. That is the best option; therefore, let’s go in that direction.
“Rather than me sitting at home or Aston Martin monitoring what they are doing, they should make sure they have the tools in place to check their own regulations.” That’s not what the team does. We didn’t have enough time to go through everything in thirty minutes since that isn’t what we do. “We are a race team, not the regulating authority. The FIA is the person we pay to conduct this work.
“But then again, a right of review costs very little, while a protest costs a lot of money,” he continued. You must also possess intelligence! Really, it’s worthwhile. Everyone agreed on it, but no action was taken; therefore, I believe it benefits all of Formula One, not just us. We are, I believe, contributing to the creation of Formula 1. “A fair hearing will be that they will accept the right of review, and we could review it properly,” Steiner responded when asked if he thought the team had received a fair hearing.
It goes without saying that they were opposed to going there. And that concludes the tale. “But it’s already a win if we keep going and improve for the future.”
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