The popular team principle for Haas Formula 1 Team and break-out star of Drive To Survive will be live on stage for One Night Only.
The Melbourne Formula One Grand Prix carnival just got more exciting!! Gunther Steiner, former Haas F1 team principal and star of Drive to Survive, will take to the stage in conversation with a special guest host ahead of the big race weekend – Wednesday 20 March at The Playhouse, Arts Centre Melbourne. Tickets on sale now.
‘Fearless and candid… A gleeful guide to a bonkers sport from a loveable rogue insider.’ – The Times
‘People talk about football managers being under pressure. Trust me, that’s nothing. Pressure is watching one of your drivers hit a barrier at 190mph and exploding before your eyes…’ – Gunther Steiner
Guenther Steiner is one of motor racing’s biggest and most celebrated characters, known to millions for his show-stealing appearances on Netflix’s hugely popular fly on the wall series, Drive to Survive. Now, the world is asking: “What’s next?”
Unfettered by his former team, Guenther will offer an unobstructed view of what really takes place behind the scenes. Through this unique lens, Guenther takes us on the thrilling rollercoaster of life at the heart of high stakes motor racing, and what lies on the other side.
Full of twists and turns, from his own severance with the team, to hiring and firing drivers, balancing books, pre-season preparations, the design, launch and testing of a car – this is the first time Guenther will be telling his story to a public audience from the stage.
Uncompromising, brutally funny and searingly honest, this is not an event any fan of Formula 1 can afford to miss.
An Evening With Gunther Steiner
Wed 20th March
The Playhouse, Arts Centre
Tickets on sale now via www.fane.com.au/guenthersteiner
BIOGRAPHY:
Whilst leading the Haas F1 Team, Guenther Steiner became one of Formula 1’s most popular and high-profile Team Principals. He has also become a media and fan favourite via the popular Netflix series Drive to Survive, thanks in part to his straight-talking style and keen sense of humour.
With over thirty years’ experience in international motorsport, he has led America’s only Formula 1 team since launching its inaugural World Championship campaign on behalf of team owner Gene Haas.
Born in Merano, Italy, Guenther began his professional motorsport career in rallying, initially achieving success with Mazda before joining the independent Top Run team and later the Jolly Club organisation, fielding cars including the famous Lancia Delta Integrale and Ford Escort RS Cosworth. The team won consecutive Italian Rally Championship titles with Guenther in the role of Technical Manager.
A move to the Prodrive organisation in the UK, saw Guenther become team manager for its Allstar Rally Team, winning the European Championship in just its first season. This led to him being invited to join Ford’s rally team, M-Sport, where he became Director of Engineering, working with World Champions Colin McRae and Carlos Sainz.
Ford then asked Guenther to move across to its Formula 1 project, Jaguar Racing. As Managing Director, he took on the task of restructuring the team and in his single season the team scored a podium finish in Italy with driver Eddie Irvine. After a short period working with Opel, Guenther soon returned to Formula 1 with Red Bull Racing. The energy drinks company later asked him to establish its NASCAR racing programme in the US.
This led Guenther to North Carolina. This was the beginning of a new chapter in his career which saw him establish Team Red Bull and FibreWorks Composites, a high-tech carbon-composites design and manufacturing company.
When entrepreneur Gene Haas began exploring the logistics of creating a Formula One team, he approached Guenther to lead the effort. His experience of building successful race and rally teams from scratch made him the ideal person for the task.
In its inaugural season the Haas F1 Team finished eighth in the constructor standings with a total of twenty-nine points, the most of any new team in this millennium. Since then, Haas has become firmly established as one of F1’s leading independent teams and have finished fifth in the World Championship. Guenther’s team scored its first ever Formula 1 pole position in the hands of Danish driver Kevin Magnussen.
Gunther is fluent in English, German and Italian.
