Günther Steiner: "I wrote Haas's business plan at my kitchen table"

Having worked at Jaguar and Red Bull before becoming the team principal of Haas in Formula 1, Günther Steiner is now the owner of Tech3, the French MotoGP team. The Italian-American engineer reflects on a career marked by numerous challenges.

Published 03/06/2026 à 09:00

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Günther Steiner: "I wrote Haas's business plan on my kitchen table."

Hello Günther, it's a pleasure to see you here in Le Mans. Now that you're in charge of a French team, do you speak the language?

I think I'm too old to learn French. (laughsLearning a language well requires a lot of effort. Right now, I don't have the time, and perhaps I don't have enough brain cells left to learn. If someone speaks French and I'm proficient in the subject, I understand fairly well, but speaking remains difficult.

So we'll continue in English! Let's go back to the very beginning of your life. How did you discover motorsports?

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