Former Haas Method 1 crew principal Guenther Steiner believes Mercedes will silence its doubters at this weekend’s Austrian Grand Prix, predicting that the Brackley outfit will bounce again “firing on all cylinders” regardless of the specter of Ferrari.
Throughout an look on The Crimson Flags Podcast forward of the race weekend on the Crimson Bull Ring, Steiner dismissed recommendations that Mercedes might be repeatedly outperformed by Ferrari. He argued that the Toto Wolff-led crew would have been working within the background for a while, reasonably than ready for one more crew to convey respectable upgrades earlier than reacting.
“I feel Mercedes wasn’t ready for anyone to get an improve,” the previous Haas crew chief defined. “They carry on working… and they aren’t ready till anyone’s higher. In order quickly as anyone will get higher, they’ve one thing within the financial institution to place in there. I feel Mercedes is prepared with some upgrades as properly.”
When requested to foretell who his “rockstar” of the upcoming race could be, Steiner firmly backed Mercedes to reassert its authority within the championship.
“Mercedes,” he mentioned. “They are going to come again firing on all cylinders, not stopping out on the observe, breaking down. They are going to be again to good outdated type and all people will probably be again to actuality after Barcelona.”
Guenther Steiner, Staff Principal, Haas F1 Staff
Photograph by: Andy Hone / Motorsport Photos
The Barcelona-Catalunya Grand Prix was the primary grand prix to not be gained by Mercedes in 2026. Whereas George Russell gained the season-opening Australian Grand Prix, his teenage team-mate Kimi Antonelli claimed 5 consecutive grand prix wins in China, Japan, Miami, Canada and Monaco.
Mercedes leads the constructors’ championship with 262 factors, Ferrari follows in second with 190 factors and McLaren sits third with 141 factors.
Within the drivers’ championship, Antonelli has a 41-point lead over Ferrari’s Lewis Hamilton, who sits in second. Russell is presently third, 9 factors behind Hamilton, and Charles Leclerc is fourth, 31 factors behind the Briton.
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