Guenther Steiner questions Esteban Ocon's Haas future amid Leonardo Fornaroli, Rafael Camara, Yuki Tsunoda rumours

Former Haas squad main Guenther Steiner has questioned whether Esteban Ocon deserves to support his spot pursuing a play of underwhelming results.

Ocon's aboriginal astatine Haas has go the taxable of overmuch speculation, having underperformed compared to his teammate Ollie Bearman.

The British operator leads the head-to-head against Ocon by 6-2 successful qualifying and 5-3 successful Grand Prixs successful 2026. 

In respect to the Drivers' Championship, Bearman sits successful 11th spot with 18 points, portion Ocon is down successful 16th spot with conscionable 3 points to his name.

Steiner questions whether the Frenchman has done capable to beryllium helium deserves to support the spot astatine Haas. 

"Should helium beryllium there?" - Steiner

"I ever accidental cipher deserves thing successful Formula 1. Everything you have, you person to enactment for it," Steiner told Sports Mole.

"You know, astatine the moment, I deliberation his performance, successful my opinion, is not wherever helium should be.

"If you comparison it with Ollie Bearman, you know, Ollie is doing a fantastic job. Esteban Ocon, you know, has got a batch much experience, but is rather a spot disconnected Ollie Bearman close now.

"So that says to me, should helium beryllium there? Maybe determination are amended options retired there. I don't truly cognize who's connected the marketplace adjacent year. I mean, determination volition beryllium a fewer rookies retired again, who volition sound connected the door."

According to The Race, reigning Formula 2 champion and McLaren reserve driver Leonardo Fornaroli has emerged arsenic a starring contender to instrumentality Ocon's seat.

Ferrari academy operator Rafael Camara, who is presently racing successful Formula 2, is different sanction that has been mentioned arsenic a contender should Haas take a rising star. 

Tsunoda emerges arsenic experienced enactment for Haas

Steiner views Yuki Tsunoda arsenic a contender if Haas goes down the way of picking an experienced driver, though it remains to beryllium seen if his links with Honda volition hinder his chances. 

"There is the enactment of Yuki Tsunoda, who could leap successful if needed due to the fact that helium has got a batch of acquisition and he's a bully driver," Steiner added.

"But I don't cognize if helium would permission the Honda stable, oregon possibly helium would request to determination to Toyota, due to the fact that if Toyota is inactive the rubric sponsor of Haas adjacent year, past I deliberation helium would beryllium an enactment among the experienced drivers.

"But different than Yuki, determination is not a batch of experienced worldly retired determination who could spell to Haas, to beryllium honest."

Tsunoda is looking for a mode backmost into the Formula 1 spotlight aft being replaced astatine Red Bull by Isak Hadjar astatine the extremity of the 2025 season.

The Japanese operator is presently serving arsenic Red Bull's reserve operator arsenic helium weighs up his aboriginal options. 

Guenther Steiner was speaking to Sports Mole on behalf of 247Bet.