Kevin Magnussen is locked down for next year but the identity of his teammate remಞains unknown.

Schumac🌠her’s future with Haas is up in t💛he air amid reports of the German leaving Ferrari’s driver academy. 

Former Alfa Romeo driver Antonio Giovinazzi has been linked with Schumacher’s seat in recent weeks, with the Italian getting to dr🐽ive Haas’ 2022 car in FP1 later this year at the Italian and United Stꦑates Grands Prix.

Schumacher refused to answer any questions regarding his future in the FIA’s pre-weekend press conference for the 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:F1 Dutch Grand Prix.

Steiner revealed that Haas have started the “process” of deciding who will take the second se🍰at alongside Magnussen.

“It’s a start, not the end, it’s not that we didn’t speak together about drivers or what to do but we decided to wait a bit – we are not in a hurry, we monitor the situation with🥃 Mick and see what is happening.

“We are not in a hurry – why do we need to decide now anyway? If we decide now and make the wrong decision and we regret it why would we f🌜orce ourselves to decide just because you wa𒊎nt an answer.”

Steiner was then asked if Haas r🦂isked losing out on other potential targets by waiting around♍, where he replied: “Absolutely but we take that risk, we consciously take the risk, maybe the opportunity is bigger than the risk.”

What are Haas looking for?

Unlike in previous years, Haas aren’t the 𓂃slowest team on the grid, making them an attr🍎active proposition for many drivers.

Sitting in eighth in the൩ constructors’ championship with eight rounds to go, Steiner says the team are looking for a driver who can “take the team forward” in 2023.

“I’ve got my 🅺own thoughts but I still need to make sure who is best for the team, it’s not who I want as a person, it’s who is best for the team for the future, that com༺es out of the dialogue, what do we want to do, a riskier version, safer version, whatever, that will be the deciding factor – not who is the favourite or who I like most,” Steiner added.

“What we ar🔥e looking is to bring the team forward – is it best to have a really fast driver or a solid driver that can carry everything along, there’s so man⛎y things in it, but the aim is obviously to take the team forward again.”