He played a crucial role in the formation of the Haas team and its entry into Formula 1: G\u00fcnther Steiner was on board from the very beginning, and no sooner had the US team made its debut in the top flight than he became hugely popular with Grand Prix fans. Steiner never minced his words, and his quips quickly achieved cult status amongst the sport\u2019s followers.<\/p>\n
The disappointment was correspondingly great when team owner Haas chose not to renew the South Tyrolean\u2019s contract after the 2023 season. Although Steiner was no longer the face of the US team, he was \u2013 and still is \u2013 a regular sight in the paddock. As a TV pundit for RTL, he follows the action in the paddock closely. And in his many podcast appearances, he comments on events in his usual style \u2013 with a sharp tongue and a twinkle in his eye.<\/p>\n
A new challenge in MotoGP<\/p>\n
The 61-year-old took his time before turning his attention to his next motorsport project. And he found the challenge he was looking for with the Tech3 MotoGP team, which has been taken over by a consortium under his leadership. As CEO of the racing team, he has also taken on a role that keeps him busy but does not require his presence at every World Championship round.<\/p>\n
Steiner answered the question of whether a Formula 1 comeback is now out of the question himself on the \u2018Up to Speed\u2019 podcast. \u2018Yes, I\u2019ll come back if there\u2019s a project I like. I always say that I won\u2019t come back just to do any old job.\u2019<\/p>\n
The title doesn\u2019t matter; the focus is on having fun<\/p>\n
\u201cThere are so many things I\u2019d like to do. And over the last 10, 15 years \u2013 perhaps even 20 years \u2013 I\u2019ve always been involved in various projects. I didn\u2019t want to just do a job, because for me that simply wouldn\u2019t be exciting enough. It has to be something that really challenges me,\u201d explained the former Haas team principal, who has been involved in Formula 1 on and off since 2001.<\/p>\n
An exciting project is something you can shape yourself, Steiner went on to clarify. \u201cIt\u2019s not just about jumping in, because I don\u2019t focus on a job title. I couldn\u2019t care less about the title. I\u2019d much rather do something I enjoy. After leaving Haas, I went into television. I didn\u2019t even know that industry existed. But I got an offer and thought I\u2019d just give it a go.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"He played a crucial role in the formation of the Haas team and its entry into Formula 1:…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":851793,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[573],"tags":[64,63,817,813,816,85],"class_list":["post-851792","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-formula-1","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-f1","tag-formula-1","tag-formula1","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/851792","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=851792"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/851792\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/851793"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=851792"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=851792"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=851792"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}