Steiner taking Haas to court over alleged missed payments

In the round-up: Former Haas team principal Guenther Steiner has brought a legal action against the team.

In brief

Steiner brings legal action against Haas

Steiner, who was replaced as Haas team principal in January, is alleging they failed to pay all he was owed upon his departure from the team.

Papers filed at the North Carolina county of Mecklenburg court reveal Steiner believes the team did not make some payments he was entitled to during his final three years in charge. He also claims the team has made unauthorised use of his name, image and likeness following his departure without paying him any royalties.

Verstappen put “emotional reactions” behind him – Buscombe

Max Verstappen has “very few obvious negatives” left in his performance, according to former F1 strategist Ruth Buscombe.

The former Haas and Alfa Romeo tactician said the three-times world champion raised his game by steering clear of unnecessary run-ins with rivals once he had a chance to win the world championship. Verstappen’s weakness “used to be his emotional reactions in the Racing,” Buscombe told The Red Flags.

“He’d punt people off, kind of thing. Which is fairly typical for a talented younger driver, they don’t know, like Marty McFly-style, just they get themselves into fights when they don’t need to.

“You saw the second he had a championship-winning car, you don’t pick those, you back out because across the championship it’s way more important. But same you have the same evolution with like Senna and Lewis [Hamilton] and all the people like that. There’s very few, there’s very few obvious negatives because in order to see a negative you have to actually lose.”

Russell’s car cleared after extra checks

George Russell’s Mercedes was subject to extra physical checks after the Chinese Grand Prix. His W15 was chosen at random for a detailed inspection of its braking system, which it passed.

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Red Bull confirm exit of design chief Newey (BBC)

‘(Eddie) Jordan and Newey have succeeded in pulling off a major coup in extricating the designer from a contract that ran to the end of 2025 and included a 12-month ‘non-compete’ clause which should have meant he was not available to any other team until 2027 at the earliest.’

A $10 billion offer rejected? Miami Dolphins not for sale as F1 race drives up valuation (USA Today)

‘(Miami Dolphins owner Stephen) Ross recently entertained a stunning $10 billion offer for control of the Dolphins, Hard Rock Stadium, and the F1 Miami race – which nearly matches the combined record-setting sales of the Denver Broncos ($4.65 billion in 2022) and Washington Commanders ($6.05 billion in 2023).’

Thirty years on, fans pay tribute to Senna at Imola (Reuters)

‘Fans carrying the Brazilian flag walked along the track before a minute’s silence was held at 2:17 p.m. (1217 GMT) at the Tamburello corner to mark the time of the crash which cost the charismatic Brazilian his life aged just 34.’

Racing/story/_/id/40056187/daniel-ricciardo-opens-criticism-fickle-world-f1″>Ricciardo opens up on criticism in fickle world of F1 (ESPN)

‘(Carlos) did great in Melbourne, coming back after the surgery, winning the race — amazing win, he did frickin’ awesome. But it’s one win and suddenly people can be like ‘oh he’s the highest rated driver on the grid’ or whatever…. then if Charles wipes the floor with him for a few races those same people would be ‘oh, it was just a one-off, Carlos isn’t all that,’ you know what I mean? It’s like that.’

Shwartzman: No. 83 crew’s focus must be on overall wins (Sportscar 365)

‘Obviously most of my career I was always aiming for F1, but now that I tried WEC, I’ve realised that there are other big categories, and that the world doesn’t revolve only around F1.’

Who to look out for in the 2024 Italian Formula 4 season (Formula Scout)

‘While this season the number of Formula 1 juniors on the grid is down to four (Kabir Anurag, Matheus Ferreira and Kean Nakamura Berta from the Alpine Academy and Alex Powell from the Mercedes Junior Team), there is still plenty of talent Racing who could make it to F1 in the future.’

Top five overtakes from Imola (WEC via YouTube)

Seymour-Hyde joins F1 commercial team (Sport Business)

‘Formula 1 has bolstered its commercial team with the hiring of Joel Seymour-Hyde, who joins as head of partnership management, having departed his role as managing director, UK at Octagon in December last year. ‘

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