Steiner: Freight delays could derail a GP weekend

Guenther Steiner has expressed fears that freight delays could disrupt the schedule of a grand prix weekend.

Haas, the team managed by Steiner, have twice been affected by the late arrival of freight at race circuits within the last five months.

The first occasion was at the Brazilian Grand Prix last November when Haas’ engines went “missing” en route from the previous race in Mexico and they were not the only constructor affected that time, with McLaren also having their prep delayed to the scale of 36 hours.

Then for this season’s official testing in Bahrain, there was another issue for Haas that caused them to have to miss the first morning’s running – with drivers Kevin Magnussen and Mick Schumacher eventually allowed extra track time at the end of sessions to make up for it.

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Another instance has now arisen at the Australian Grand Prix but was fortunately narrowly averted, thanks to the intervention of Formula 1’s logistics partner DHL.

But with current global events not making life easier from a transportation perspective, Steiner, on his 57th birthday, said he is concerned a Formula 1 race weekend could be impacted at some point if freight is