Haas chief Guenther Steiner says recent incidents between their drivers will influence their 2020 line-up decision.
At Silverstone, Romain Grosjean and Kevin Magnussen had an ear full from their boss after taking each other out on Lap 1 but would touch again while duelling in the very next race at Hockenheim.
That led to reports at the time that Grosjean would be replaced by Esteban Ocon, which later proved untrue, but Steiner is prepared to take action if things don’t improve.
“Absolutely, yes,” he is quoted by F1i.com.
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However, the Italian admits he isn’t going to do it just for the sake of it.
“It’s like every year, somewhere some domino has to fall and then all the other ones get in place,” Steiner explained.
“There is a lot of non-movement at the moment, everyone knows. Who is the first one to move here, and then the other ones will fall in place.
“Maybe nothing moves and then nothing falls in place, but at the moment nobody has moved and until something moves there is a lot of things going on.
“There’s quite a few drivers out of contract and if they are all confirmed, it is very difficult that a lot of things move.”
Haas is certainly in need of a big second half to 2019, as a lack of race pace has them stuck in ninth in the Constructors’ standings.
But Magnussen is hopeful that the results will come.
“I think there’s been some pretty high moments this year, especially in qualifying,” he said reflecting on the year to date.
“So I’m looking forward to the second half of the year and I’m full of hope that it’s going to be better and we’re going to improve on our understanding so that we can hopefully finish off the last half of the season in a stronger way.”