Grosjean: Netflix series reveals Steiner’s ‘no politics’ management

Romain Grosjean says that Netflix’s popular ‘Drive to Survive’ series and its fly-on-the-wall approach revealed Haas team boss Guenther Steiner’s preference for honesty over politics when solving the team’s internal conflicts.

Steiner and his candid attitude towards his drivers and his outfit’s issues were one of the highlights of the first season of DTS. But the Italian team manager’s no-nonsense authority also comes clearly across in series 2.

At Silverstone, a miked-up but off camera Steiner is heard telling both Grosjean and teammate Kevin Magnussen, who had collided at the start of the race, in no uncertain terms that they had let the team down.

Grosjean says the memorable scene actually paid tribute to his outspoken boss’s honesty in dealing with conflicts, a character trait in short supply in F1 according to the Frenchman.

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“There is no politics. There are no hidden things, and that’s surprising for Formula 1,” Grosjean said.