"Yes, of course it [racing in the United States] hasn't hurt him," the
Haas F1 team boss judges to
Formula1.com. Steiner argues that Magnussen has changed as a result of his outing outside the pinnacle of motorsport.
"Obviously, he matured" According to Steiner, when a driver leaves Formula 1, he begins to realize what he has lost. "Making it back in is like something… which I think he didn’t expect to do."
The F1 career of the once talented Magnussen seemed to go out like a nightmare when last season his contract at
Haas F1 was not renewed, but 2022 means a new chapter and what a one. In Bahrain, he managed to score an immediate fifth place at the American race stable and in Saudi Arabia he finished on P9. With that, Haas F1 has now managed to score 12 points, while it remained pointless in 2021.