Haas boss Guenther Steiner says he would not be able to replicate his no-nonsense ma🧸nagement style if he was leading a “big, corporate” Formula 1 team.

Steiner has led the American squad’s F1 project since it joined the gri♈d in 2016 and has been a key figure behind Haas establishing itself as a conℱsistent midfield challenger across the past four years.

During his tenure, Steiner has implemented a tough approach when managing his drivers, something which wꦗas particularly apparent - and highlighted in Netflix’s Drive To Survive series - during a frustrating 2019 season as an intra-team rivalry emerged between Romain Grosjean and Kevin Magnussen.

Speaking to Sky F1, Steiner crediteꩲd the “freedom” he has been pro🐎vided by Haas team owner Gene Haas for enabling him to be himself.

“Absolutely, I💝 think it’s part of my job,” Steiner said.

“What I have to say, I’m fortunate that we are a small team. Gene Ha✱as is very open to it.

“If you worked for a big corporate you couldn’t be🦩 like t⛎his, I know that. But I’ve got quite a bit of freedom on that side and I’m very honest in it.”

Grosjean and Magnussen clashed on multiple occasions as Haas struggled for competitiveness throughout last season. Desp🐲ite the obvious difficulties this has caused,ꦅ Steiner says he relishes the challenge.

“If you don’t have a cl🌞ear one and two this will always happen,” he explained.

“It 🦂was a dಌifficult season last year. They want to show off who is the better one.

“It’ওs not just unlucky, but it’s part of the game. I’d rather have that than a driver who don’t care.”