Haas reportely called out Mick Schumacher' for crashes last season leading to..

There is no love lost between Mick Schumacher and his former boss at Haas Guenther Steiner and the executive has now savaged the young driver in his new book.

Schumacher was dropped by Haas at the end of the 2022 season and has since taken a backwards step to become a reserve at Mercedes behind Lewis Hamilton and George Russell.

The 24-year-old son of legendary former F1 driver Michael found life tough at Haas, particularly with avoiding the barriers.

Steiner has now revealed exactly how much Schumacher cost the team in crash damages.

Steiner’s new book, entitled Surviving to Drive, details how Schumacher’s crash during first practice at the Japanese Grand Prix cost Haas $700,000 (£550,000) alone, with the overall bill for the season coming in at a staggering £1.7million.

The arrival of Schumacher at Haas in 2021 was seen as a major coup given the star power attached to his family name but it soon turned into a loveless marriage between the young driver and Steiner.

Speaking of the costly mistake in Japan – which saw Schumacher spin off at Turn 7 at Suzuka in tricky weather conditions – Steiner remains livid.

‘It happened on the f*****g in-lap,’ Steiner wrote, in an excerpt of the book, according to the Express. ‘On the in-lap! Sure, it was very wet out there on the track, but nobody else managed to write off a car while they were driving back to the pits.

‘We lose a car after five minutes and now have to build another. I cannot have a driver who I am not confident can take a car around safely on a slow lap. It’s just f*****g ridiculous.

‘How many people could we employ with $700,000? And I have to now find that money.’

Haas had taken a strategy to invest in youth and lined up with Schumacher and Nikita Mazepin a few years ago – but have since pivoted back towards the experience of Kevin Magnussen and Nico Hulkenberg.

‘The first time a driver writes off a car in a season due to human error, you have to forget about it. It’s just one of those things and at the end of the day, s**t happens sometimes,’ Steiner added.