Günter Steiner said Haas did not make the decision in their favor, but assumed the stewards ultimately called the FIA.
It was inevitable that Haas would be denied the right to review by the FIA. Because the FIA rarely overrules these matters. However, team boss Steiner is of the opinion that in this sense we will not leave empty-handed, but we can still gain something.
Of course they didn’t change the result, which would have contributed to the overall standings, but the stewards sued the FIA, not the F1 teams, for not handling the track restriction situation properly.
Steiner does not regret taking on the challenge. “Why should I regret it?” he told the media. “I have no regrets. Of course we knew it would be difficult to continue, but at least we tried. It turned out that the stewards had actually told the FIA that they were doing things wrong. did. And I think that’s exactly what was done.
“We couldn’t do anything, but in life you have to try and fight.” You can’t say, “Oh, I haven’t done anything.” They should have checked. They had a surveillance camera installed in Turn 6 so I didn’t have to protest. Let’s go this route, it’s best. They should definitely have the opportunity to review their own regulations instead of me sitting at home and Aston Martin checking what they are doing.
“That’s not the team’s job.” It’s not our job, so we didn’t have 30 minutes to go over everything. “We are not a governing body, we are a racing team and we are paying someone, the FIA, to do this job,” Steiner summed up, adding that if it was a fair result there would be a penalty. However, he also said that there was no problem even if that was not the case.
Haas also played the smart card of not protesting, which would have cost them more than the right to review. “A fair hearing would be for them to accept the right to review and due process, but obviously they didn’t want to go there for obvious reasons,” Steiner said.
“So that’s the end of the story. But as long as we’re moving forward and improving for the future, that’s already a win. On the other hand, protests cost a lot of money; The right to review costs little, you just have to be smart, which means it’s worth it. I think it’s valuable not only for us but for F1 as a whole. Because everyone agreed to it, but no one did anything about it. I think we are contributing to the development of F1 rules,” Steiner summed up.
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