Haas' Steiner: Third-car idea would only confuse fans

Haas' Guenther Steiner has dismissed the potential idea of teams adding a third car to their entries, believing it would only "distort" the championship and confuse the fans.

Promoted by Mercedes' Toto Wolff to help provide young drivers with more race-seat opportunities, the idea of allowing teams to field three cars hasn't garnered much support among F1's team bosses, with practicality and financial issues often mentioned as the main drawbacks.

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However, Steiner isn't sure that bossting the grid in such a fashion would even appeal to the sport's fanbase, believing it would only confuse spectators and deform the standings among the teams.

"I’m not in agreement with a third car because it could confuse the whole picture," says Steiner.

"It would be very difficult to understand for the fans and new spectators that sometimes a third car could run.

"It would distort the actual championship, in my opinion. I think we need to sit back and come up with a better idea."

From a financial perspective, Steiner says the idea is also a non-starter, at least for Haas, except if a the extra cost was assumed by an outside source.

"As it stands, we have no interest to field a third car. If somebody comes up and pays for it, yes we can consider it.

"Until that happens, there is no thinking about a third car for us."

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