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Guenther Steiner has said Haas have decided to go with bringing more experience to their 2023 line-up by swapping out Mick Schumacher for Nico Hulkenberg.

After weeks and months of speculation, Haas finally confirmed on the eve of the final race of the F1 2022 season in Abu Dhabi that Schumacher’s stay with the team will be coming to an end after two years.

Steiner also revealed that he only informed Schumacher on Wednesday that his contract would not be renewed and not at the São Paulo Grand Prix weekend as first rumoured.

“I spoke with him yesterday [Wednesday],” Steiner disclosed.

“He was very grown up, I must admit, and we thank him for what he did.

“You know, it wasn’t always rosy here but he took it as a grown up as I said. It’s always emotional and it’s never nice to do this but I just wanted to speak with him about it.”