Red Bull has dominated the three events held so far in 2023, with Max Verstappen winning in Bahrain and Australia and team-mate Sergio Perez winning in Saudi Arabia.

While some observers have expressed concern that a one-year dominance by one team would be bad for F1, and following Red Bull’s dominance in 2022, Steiner stressed that sporting integrity should always take precedence over the race.

“The sport is the main thing we have to have,” he said when asked by Autosport what should be the priority.

“The performances are secondary but I think it will sort itself out and then we have a good race up front now with Checo and Max and it doesn’t seem like it’s without sparks, without performances.

“There’s some acting element now. But I’m not worried that other people will catch up.”

Steiner insisted that the current rules do not need to be changed.

“I would say they work,” he noted. “Obviously Red Bull have the advantage at the moment, but I wouldn’t say they’re going to maintain that advantage now for the next 20 races.

“I’m not so sure because everyone is going to catch up and hopefully we can find out how Red Bull got that advantage and we can replicate it or do something like that.

“Everyone will work hard. And then you never forget that Red Bull has been punished from last year, they can do less development in the wind tunnel this year, so they can’t theoretically lead much any more.

“So you’ve got to see. But they’ve done a fantastic job. So you can’t blame the regulations for that. Because if somebody’s doing it better than somebody else, they should get an advantage.”

Guenther Steiner, Haas F1 Team Principal

Photography: Simon Galloway / motorsport pictures

Asked what he thought of any attempt to change the rules to slow down Red Bull, he said: “I mean it’s a voting system, you can’t act just because somebody is faster than somebody else, that’s unfair.

“If they find something is not legal, they can adjust the rules. Safety is always an issue. But I think we need to find out in a few games what’s really going on. I don’t think we should jump to conclusions.”

Meanwhile, Steiner expects the contention between the midfield teams surrounding Haas to remain tense.

“It will depend on the track configuration, who’s up front and who’s behind,” he said. “There will be better cars on the high-speed circuits, there will be some that are better like in Monte Carlo, but we don’t know yet.

“So in my opinion, we’re going to find that every game there’s going to be some swapping.”