Why Steiner’s departure is a big loss for Haas F1

In two years, all teams but Mercedes and Red Bull have changed their team principals. Steiner has joined Mattia Binotto, Jost Capito and Otmar Szafnauer (twice) on the list of those who were ousted in somewhat acrimonious circumstances, with director of engineering Ayao Komatsu taking over at Haas.

This unprecedented level of churn has made the sport look a little like football, where managers pay the price for a team’s lack of form. In F1,…