Guenther Steiner insists he should have left Haas m𒁏uch earlier than he eventually did.

The former team principal left his job at the end o💃f last year, but believes the writing was on the wall 18 months earlier.

Steiner was instrumental in setting up the Haa🍸s F1 team from the ground up.

“I have no 🍌bad feelings against the team,” he told the Sky F1 podcast.

“You understand, when you are gone. When you are in it, you have tunnel vision - ‘I need to do🐠 this’.

“You never think ab𒀰out why the hell am I doin♔g this, it doesn’t make sense.

“When you look back…

“I should have left in the middle♔ of 2022. It started afterwards to get difficult.

“I couldn’t see how we could make progress.

“We were going to races and were so happy to [score] one point. But how long can you do that? You can do it a long t💎ime, but not me.

“I need to have s♏omething bigger to aim at than getting one point. Because I’ve done that, I’ve got the t-shirt.

“When you set up an F1 ൲team you want to establish it, then 𒈔get points, then go the podium. You need a goal.

“When ൲Covid hit, everꦺything stalled. Every day was the same, we were just doing a job.”

Haas started 2022 with the inexpe✤rienced driver duo of Mick Schumacher and Nikita Mazepin.

Mazep🌠in was swiftly sacked, opening the door to Kevin Magnus💃sen.

Magnussen finished 13th in the drivers’ 🐻championship, Schumacher 16th. Haas were seventh i♈n the constructors’.

But the team went backwards ༒in 2023, which would eventually be Steiner’s final season 𝐆as the team boss.

Haas finished bottom of the constructors’ championship desꦰpite St🌸einer’s decision to get rid of inexperienced drivers and count on Magnussen and Nico Hulkenberg.

Und🦹er Ayao Komatsu’s leadership this season, there appears to be br🍌ighter days ahead for Haas.