Replacing Mick Schumacher with the much older Nico Hulkenberg is "a waste of time" in the eyes of one of the more experienced German's former colleagues.
While perhaps not the most exciting, the uncertainty around Schumacher's Formula 1 future was certainly the longest-running saga of 2022 silly season. In his second F1 season, the feeling was Haas weren't convinced by his results.
And so it proved to be the case. After several months of mulling over the situation, team boss Guenther Steiner decided to replace Schumacher with Hulkenberg, explaining that he felt Haas needed a more experienced F1 racer behind the wheel for the coming campaign.