Haas surprised by Renault's Magnussen attack

Haas are very surprised over the recent outburst Renault made over their new recruit Kevin Magnussen.

Renault director Cyril Abiteboul amde these comments about Magnussen: "Personally, I am very disappointed in Kevin, both in his performance and his behavior. Magnussen is a talented driver, but he lacks discipline. He has always excuses ready when the moment is not running."

Haas are happy and excited by their signing of Magnussen and are looking forward to the working relationship.

"Magnussen is a respected driver, I would like to stress At Haas F1 we ​​are all looking forward to working with him," said team boss Günther Steiner.

Magnussen left the French team after reportedly being unhappy with the terms offered in his contract. He'll join Haas in 2017 and race for his third team in F1.

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  • Jutlandia

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    Cyril is just searching for an excuse for his own incompetence in leading a team.
    Jerome Stroll should sack him and get Fred back.

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    • Jan 13 2017 - 21:29
  • Harryw

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    Kevin has my respect. Top lad.

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    • Jan 13 2017 - 23:34
  • Dwuanastak

    Posts: 1

    What did Magnussen actually say? He said, that the team had some management problems. That has turned out to be a fact, with Fred Vasseur leaving. This lead to unclarity concerning choice of drivers, where several option extensions expired without a signature. He finally with significant humor, said his seat had been offered even to the Pope, which is why he refused to sign the offered 1 year contract at the end. Now in hindsight by Cyril, KMAG was not the right choice and disappointed, inspite of offering to prolong him. I think, KMAG must have been even more disappointed to drive Cyrll's non performing car and being blamed for its non performance.

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    • Jan 16 2017 - 10:48

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