Once Haas drivers Nikita Mazepin and Mick Schumacher understood that they did 'not need to be friends', Guenther Steiner says they became 'more respectful of each other'. Racing at the back of the field last season, Haas dedicated the 2021 season to developing their rookie drivers, Mazepin and Schumacher. Little did team boss Steiner know when he paired them up that he would be spending a large portion of last season having to sooth ruffled feathers. Spending the majority of the championship solely racing one another and trying to avoid that dreaded P20, Mazepin and Schumacher had several on-track clashes. There were also issues in qualifying where one or the other felt they were being...
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