F1 followers concern Drive To Survive won’t ever be the identical once more after Guenther Steiner was proven the door by Haas.
The 58-year-old Italian earned a cult following his X-rated outbursts on the profitable Netflix collection. But Steiner’s reign as workforce principal for the American workforce is over after proprietor Gene Haas selected to not renew his contract.
Steiner had been workforce principal at Haas because the workforce entered F1 in 2016. But they completed tenth and final in the newest constructors’ championship, scoring factors at solely 4 of the 22 races. He will probably be changed by Ayao Komatsu, the Japanese Loughborough University graduate, who has been promoted from his position as trackside engineering director.
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F1 followers can anticipate to see yet one more season of Steiner in Drive To Survive with the following collection, specializing in the 2023 season, as a result of drop subsequent month. But subsequent collection will now be Steiner-less, to the dismay of followers.
“Noooo Drive to survive will be s*** now,” moaned one. Another agreed: “And just like that, drive to survive has gone to s***.”
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A 3rd added: “Drive to Survive instantly lost a huge chunk of its appeal.” Meanwhile, a fourth stated: “DTS producers lost a star today … Guenther Steiner will be missed.” Another requested: “What the heck will Drive to Survive do now?”
Given a poor couple of seasons for the workforce, his departure is just not an enormous shock. One fan stated: “Bad transfer for Netflix however good transfer for the workforce.
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Another added: “DTS has lost 70% of its viewership. Kidding aside, he was a great character to have around the grid. Best of luck for him I’m sure he’ll stay in the sport even if it’s as an analyst on tv or something similar.”
Off the again of his newfound Netflix fame Steiner launched his personal e-book final yr, whereas it was additionally reported that he’s set to be concerned as a producer on a sports-based fictional comedy present with US broadcaster CBS.
Speaking on Sky Sports final month, Steiner insisted his extracurricular actions weren’t hindering his position as workforce principal. He stated: “It is a stability, and you need to watch out it doesn’t take an excessive amount of time. But writing the e-book didn’t take time.
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“I always tried to do it while I was doing other things. I try to be very efficient and if there is a comedy with CBS I will not be performing in it.
“Everybody in the team is in a good place, financially as a business, and technically, too. We had a tough last year, but we could end up at the top of the midfield in 2024.”