Bojan Vrbnjak
Due to the war in Ukraine more and more countries are banning performances Russian racers in their territory, so they were at Haas decided to terminate the contract so with the sponsor uralkali as a racer Nikito Mazepin. Several sources report that his seat is said to be occupied by the team’s reserve and test racer Pietro fittipaldi, but according to a German report Officer Bild the team is expected to opt for another racer.
Who is supposed to replace Mazepina was first announced by the German branch Sky Sports. Several potential names were listed candidates, but according to reports Sky Germany supposed to get the second seat of Haas fittipaldi. The young Brazilian had already competed in two races in 2020, replacing the injured man Romain Grosjean. It's Thursday sponsor Haasa shared a post on Instagram in which he is Fittipaldi and Mick Schumacher congratulations for their seats in the 2022 season. Also the team Haas shared a surprising post with a photo of the race car Fittipaldi.
Bild: Not Fittipaldi, but Giovinazzi
So it is not surprising that as a result it was more and more inprobablyto be 25 years old Brazilian performed for Haas. However, according to a German newspaper BILD pa Mazepina will not replace fittipaldi, but Antonio Giovinazzi, which we have already reported on our side, that he is supposed to be a serious candidate for replacement Mazepina. They are the first Italians to play for a seat at Haas posted on the portal Scuderiafans.com. Apparently they already knew more than the others at the time and which could be confirmed in the end. Giovinazzi he raced in Formula 1 for the team last year Alfa Romeo, but he had to despite the fact that Kimi Raikkonen retired, say goodbye to the team for coming Valtteria Bottas and a novice Guanyu Zhou.
To offer Americans a seat Giovinazzi, is largely no surprise. It is, after all Ferrari engine supplier team Haas, with whom they also have a very close relationship and on top of that in Maranello built a small factory for Haas next to Ferrari. Giovinazzi and this season - along with Mick Schumacher - performs the task of a reserve racer Scuderie. New teammate Schumacher supposed to be the seat of the race car Haas already occupied on second test in Bahrain, which will take place during March 10 and 12. It means that we will not wait long for the official announcement. It is said to have occurred already in early next week.
