In response to a report on main Hollywood web site Deadline, CBS is within the ‘early phases of growing a single-camera office comedy’ with Steiner, who shall be a non-writing govt producer of the present.
The fictional collection shall be set on this planet of sports activities, with the central character being a ‘Steiner-esque’ boss on the head of the workforce.
Steiner grew to become a family identify when Netflix’s F1 docuseries Drive To Survive first aired in 2019, and his no-nonsense strategy was magnified by its fly-on-the-wall footage.
His vibrant use of language whereas being mic-ed up for the present has made him an enormous fan favorite, with lots of his (typically swear-laden) phrases subsequently showing on T-shirts.
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A fan of Guenther Steiner, Group Principal, Haas F1 Group, with a teeshirt
In an interview with The Impartial earlier this 12 months, Steiner mentioned of his TV fame: “I’m not good at performing, I simply do my job and in the event that they movie all of it that’s wonderful. It’s all very clear.
“We typically make a meal of issues however very hardly ever. It’s actual. I feel folks just like the honesty too.”
CBS is without doubt one of the greatest community broadcast gamers in the USA and has produced world-renowned comedy exhibits together with M*A*S*H, All people Loves Raymond and The Massive Bang Idea.
Italian-American Steiner started his motorsport profession as a rally mechanic earlier than taking administration roles with the Prime Run, Jolly Membership and Prodrive’s buyer workforce Allstar earlier than turning into the director of engineering for Ford’s World Rally Group within the WRC.
His shortlived first position in F1 was as managing director of Jaguar Racing in 2001. Following a stint with Opel within the DTM, he joined Purple Bull Racing in 2005, briefly performing as its technical operations director.
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Juan Pablo Montoya and Purple Bull VP of competitors Gunther Steiner
He left the F1 squad to spearhead its NASCAR operation, and he later based a composites enterprise when the power drinks large withdrew from inventory automotive racing. Within the intervening years, he drew up plans for an American F1 workforce and persuaded CNC instrument manufacturing guru Gene Haas to fund the undertaking.
Steiner has led the Haas F1 Group because it was shaped in 2014 and joined the F1 circuit within the 2016 season. Underneath his stewardship, it has shaped technical alliances with Ferrari and Dallara, and the workforce’s type peaked with fifth within the constructors’ championship in 2018.
When requested by Motorsport.com about his ardour for being the boss of an F1 workforce, Steiner mentioned: “This isn’t a job. In the event you do it for the cash, there are a whole lot of jobs which pay you extra that you simply don’t need to work as exhausting at.
“So it must be a ardour, you want to have an interest and actually prefer it in any other case there’s no level, you’d come right here and be leaving in a couple of years.”
