Former Haas team principal Guenther Steiner revealed that he reached the stage of being banned by his team from attending meetings with the FIA stewards.<\/p>\n
Steiner \u2013 with the help of Netflix\u2019s hit F1 docuseries Drive to Survive \u2013 became one of the most popular team bosses and F1 personalities in general. His tendency to deliver an entertaining outburst, quite often with an F-bomb involved, proved a hit, though it did get him banned from the stewards room, by his own team.<\/p>\n
Haas banned Guenther Steiner from FIA steward meetings<\/p>\n
While appearing on the post-Brazilian Grand Prix edition of the Red Flags podcast, Steiner queried why McLaren had not gone to the stewards<\/a> to challenge Oscar Piastri\u2019s 10-second time penalty, issued following a collision with Mercedes\u2019 Kimi Antonelli.<\/p>\n The contact at Turn 1 shunted Antonelli into Charles Leclerc\u2019s Ferrari, eliminating Leclerc from the race.<\/p>\n Steiner was asked how he would have reacted had it been Kevin Magnussen \u2013 a Haas driver from 2017-2020 and 2022-24 \u2013 who was hit with the penalty which Piastri was.<\/p>\n At that point, Steiner revealed that his reactions got him banned from attending the FIA stewards\u2019 meetings by his own Haas team.<\/p>\n \u201cAt the end of the race, I mean, I would have gone to the stewards,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n \u201cAt some stage, the team didn\u2019t let me go to the stewards anymore. They said, \u2018Guenther, you\u2019re not allowed to go\u2019, because I got penalties, and I had to pay fines, and sooner or later, they all told me, \u2018Your opinion doesn\u2019t help, and how you speak with the people.\u2019<\/p>\n \u201cBut then if they are doing something which I think it\u2019s wrong, I need to tell them. And they are just like, \u2018No, we think we are right.\u2019 And if you get all this bollocks, as you normally get there, it\u2019s like\u2026 It\u2019s not an easy job. I would never want to be a steward, especially working for free.\u201d<\/p>\n Formula 1 governance explained<\/p>\n \ud83d\udc49 FIA explained: What does it stand for and how does it govern F1?<\/a><\/p>\n