Steiner warns against tweaking F1 rules to hinder Red Bull

Haas team boss Guenther Steiner believes F1 should not tweak its rules to nip in the bud Red Bull's current hegemony in the sport.

In 2022, Red Bull secured its fifth world title after running away with the championship in the second half of the year.

And from the outset, the Milton Keynes-based outfit has been on a tear this season, with Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez trading wins in Bahrain, Jeddah and last time out in Melbourne.

In light of Red Bull's unwavering domination and it potential impact of F1's popularity, some in the paddock believe there's a case to be made for tweaking F1's technical rules in a bid to rein in the bulls' supremacy.

But Steiner warns against the sport sacrificing its sporting integrity in favour of boosting the spectacle on the track.

"The sport is the main thing we have to have," Steiner said, quoted by Motorsport.com.

"The show is secondary, but I think it will sort itself out and then still we have got a good race going on in the front now with Checo and Max, that doesn't seem to be without sparks, without show.

"There is some show element in that one now. But I'm not worried that other people will catch up."

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Assessing F1's current rulebook which was introduced last year, Steiner believes the wholesale changes applied to the technical regulations have been beneficial overall and don't need changing.

"I would say they work," he noted. "Obviously at the moment Red Bull has an advantage, but I wouldn't say they’ll keep that advantage now for the next 20 races.

"I'm not so sure about that because everybody will catch up, and hopefully we find out how Red Bull came to this advantage and we can copy it, or do something similar.

"Everybody will be working hard and then you never have to forget Red Bull has got the penalty they got last year, they can do less development in the wind tunnel this year so they cannot move a lot ahead anymore in theory.

"So you have to see. But they did a fantastic job. And therefore, you cannot blame the regulations for that. Because if somebody does a better job than anybody else, they should get the advantage."

While Red Bull remains unassailable, the battle in F1's midfield is incredibly tight, and Steiner expects this to remain the case for the foreseeable future.

"It will depend on the race track configuration, who is in the front and who's back," he said.

"There will be cars that will be better on high-speed courses, there will be some which are better like in Monte Carlo, but we don't know yet.

"So we will find out every race there will be some swapping around, in my opinion."

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