How much Mick Schumacher cost Haas last season in crashes

There is no love lost between Mick Schumacher and his former boss at Haas Guenther Steiner and the director has now enraged the young driver in his new book.

Schumacher was dropped by Haas at the end of the 2022 season and has since stepped back to become reserve at Mercedes behind Lewis Hamilton and George Russell.

The 24-year-old son of legendary former F1 driver Michael struggled at Haas, especially dodging the barriers.

Steiner has now revealed exactly how much Schumacher cost the team in crash damage.

Steiner’s new book, titled Surviving to Drive, details how Schumacher’s first-practice crash at the Japanese Grand Prix Haas cost $700,000 (£550,000) alone, with a total bill for the season of a staggering £1,000. 7 million.

Haas boss Guenther Steiner (left) has devastated Schumacher (right) in his new tell-all book

Schumacher’s arrival at Haas in 2021 was seen as a major coup given the star power associated with his family name, but it quickly turned into a loveless marriage between the young driver and Steiner.

Speaking of the costly mistake in Japan – Schumacher spun at Suzuka in turn 7 in tricky weather conditions – Steiner remains livid.

“It happened in the f*****g in-lap,” Steiner wrote in an excerpt from the book, according to the Emphatically. ‘On the lap! Of course it was very wet on the track, but nobody managed to write off a car as they drove back to the pits.

“We lost a car after five minutes and now have to build another one. I can’t have a driver who I’m not sure can safely drive a car on a slow lap. It’s just ridiculous.

“How many people could we hire with $700,000? And now I have to find that money.’

Haas had chosen a strategy to invest in the youth and lined up with Schumacher and Nikita Mazepin a few years ago, but has since returned to the experience of Kevin Magnussen and Nico Hülkenberg.

Schumacher lost the confidence of Haas management after a number of crashes, including Monaco

“The first time a driver writes off a car in a season due to human error, you have to forget it. It’s just one of those things and sometimes something happens at the end of the day,” Steiner added.

“The second it happens, you’re like, ‘Wait a minute, something isn’t right here.'”

In the end, all confidence in Schumacher was lost and he now wants to make a new start at Mercedes.

There is also the possibility that, as part of his deal with the Silver Arrows, he could fill in for McLaren if Lando Norris or Oscar Piastri are not available on a race weekend.