Team manager Günther Steiner said Mazepin’s future in the team is uncertain.
Russian driver Nikita Mazepin22, may have to give up Haas’ F1 before the start of the season.
Mazepin is driven by his father in Haas Dmitri Mazepinin funded by. Dmitri Mazepin owns the Russian large company Uralkali, which is the main sponsor of the US stable.
Haas drove the final day of the Barcelona F1 tests, which ended on Friday, without the Russian purple colors that normally appear in car painting.
Motorsport.com according to the team manager Günther Steiner Nikita Mazepin said the future of the stable was uncertain. Haas will negotiate his cooperation with Uralkal next week.
Provided the Russian driver has to leave the stable, Steiner already has his replacement selected. The current test driver of Haas would step into Mazep’s boots Pietro Fittipaldi.
A 25-year-old Brazilian has previously raced two F1 races in a stable while repairing an injured Romain Grosjeania for the period 2020.
“Pietro has been involved for a couple of years – and for good reason. During the corona period, we needed a deputy driver, ”Steiner said.
“He knows the team and the car. There is no better option than Pietro at the moment. ”
Pietro Fittipaldi is a two-time F1 World Champion Emerson Fittipaldin grandson.
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