GUENTHER STEINER
Earlier this year, Haas team boss Guenther Steiner achieved notoriety with his frank, no-nonsense approach to running a Formula 1 team. The behind-the-scenes insight was brought to light in the Netflix documentary, Drive to Survive.
While he has enjoyed a long career in motorsport, firstly in the World Rally Championship before joining Jaguar’s F1 team in the early 2000s, Steiner has most recently been at the helm of Haas, America’s newest Formula 1 team.
The entertaining aspect of his appearance on the Netflix documentary was his X-rated comments, particularly when the hapless Romain Grosjean was in the firing line. Those with a sensitive disposition had better look away now, as once again Guenther’s highly humorous turn-of-phrase is vocalised in some of the responses to your questions. As we ascend the Haas motorhome and into his air-conditioned office, Steiner takes one look at the question cards and exclaims: “All of them?!”
Over the course of the next half hour, almost all are answered with a flourish – and much laughter. And what better place to
