Bojan Vrbnjak
He apologized for saying he had important meetings and that he had to do "urgent things“. About future partnership with Uralkali however, he could not say anything, as they must v next week clarify because there are also many legal issues.
As is already known, it is American team today's third day of testing v Barcelona performed without the inscription of the named sponsor uralkali and characteristic Russian flags on the race car. Of course, questions immediately arose as to what the outcome of this move would be Haas. This, as already mentioned, will be decided by the responsible teams in next week, where, according to experts possible scenarios, which could also affect racing cast.
But first and foremost, he wanted to Steiner clarify to the media gathered that the existence of the Haas team in any case, it does not depend on their named sponsor uralkali. He has owned the team in recent years without a major sponsor Gene Haas he reached deeper into his pocket. Otherwise, the American did not like to do this, especially when things were going well in the field of sports. This is also why they needed a big sponsor like uralkali. But their future now lies on legal department, says Steiner. That sounds like at Haas check for possible separation or termination of the contract.
A difficult position for Nikita Mazepina
If there really is a separation between Haas in Uralkali, what the future will look like Nikita Mazepina on the team? After all, he is a son Dimitrija Mazepin, chief of Uralkali. Here Steiner deftly dodged. He said this should be resolved. This is certainly not the case clear commitment, which Steiner also cannot give. “This is about governments and I am powerless over them. We need to see how the situation in Ukraine will develop.”In addition to separation from Uralkali, could for Nikita Mazepina posed a problem travel ban Russian citizens to certain countries hosting the Formula 1 race.
Now many are already wondering who will be in the inaugural race in Bahrain - and on tests before her - sat next to Mick Schumacher in the team’s second race car Haas. Still others in this situation see that they could, for example Michael Andretti in Formula 1 found earlier than originally planned for 2024. Because if Gene Haas not wanting to dig deeper into his own pocket, the team could roam into clan property Andretti's. And Formula 1 would still have an American team.
