Speculation is ramping up that Haas will wave goodbye to one of its current drivers (if not both) after their first lap fiasco seriously compromised the team's efforts at the British Grand Prix on Sunday, and asking serious questions about their suitability to be in the top flight.
Already struggling with the Pirelli tyre situation and in a new war with the team's own title sponsor, boss Gunther Steiner could not hide his fury after Silverstone.
"I don't want to blame one of them right now, but I don't like the situation," he told Ekstra Bladet newspaper.
Steiner said he "could not believe" that Romain Grosjean and Kevin Magnussen crashed into each other on lap one, having warned them about it earlier in 2019.
Asked if the problem is the 'chemistry' between the Frenchman and the Dane, Steiner answered: "I don't know. I need to think about it with a clear head and find out what we do. That's my job. Because that's not acceptable.
"I don't have the solution now but I have to find out how we move forward. For me, this is a question of the team above the individual," added Steiner whose team is only better than struggling Williams this year, in the wake of the 2018 season in which they finished a solid fifth.
However, the reality is that their drivers; Grosjean in particularly cost them dear not only in broken spare parts but also points that would have allowed them to beat Renault to fourth place in the championship.
It is believed the driver most likely to leave Haas would be Romain Grosjean, potentially to be replaced by Sergio Perez. The Frenchman has been on a downward and never-ending spiral of form that raises questions about his suitability to remain in the top flight.
Meanwhile, Perez could lose his place at Racing Point, who may replace the Mexican with former Force India driver Esteban Ocon who is backed by Mercedes, their engine supplier and will also further align the Silverstone based team with the Silver Arrows.
Another alternative, perhaps the most popular among F1 fans, is to offer Californian Alexander Rossi a crack at the big time with the American team.
Meanwhile, perhaps ominously, Haas team boss Gene Haas, a partner in the hugely successful Stewart-Haas Nascar franchise, has been tight-lipped about the shenanigans of the drivers in his cars.
Big Question: Who should Haas drop? Grosjean or Magnussen or both?
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