Steiner: Magnussen is ‘very fair’ with Mick

Guenther Steiner has praised Kevin Magnussen for being “very fair” with Haas team-mate Mick Schumacher since he returned to the team.

Magnussen was drafted back in to replace Nikita Mazepin at Haas before the start of the season, and the experienced Dane has slotted straight back into the world of Formula 1, scoring four points finishes in five races and being back on the pace from the start.

Schumacher had the upper hand on Mazepin throughout last season, but has yet to match Magnussen over the course of a race weekend so far this year.

He earned his best grid slot in Formula 1 by starting P10 at Imola, but could not convert that into his first points finish.

With Schumacher and Mazepin having both been rookies at Haas last season, it’s unlikely that the German will have been able to learn off his team-mate in the same way that he has been able to this year, and Steiner thinks Magnussen has been acting in the interests of the team to help Schumacher develop.

K-Mag producing the goods since his return to F1, with four points scores in five races #HaasF1 pic.twitter.com/5QrlcIM6d0

— Haas F1 Team (@HaasF1Team) April 30, 2022

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“Yeah, I would say so,” Steiner said when asked if Magnussen is acting as a ‘teacher’ for Schumacher,