The complex and delicate crisis Ukraine it is pouring all its consequences also on the world of sport, intending to exclude Russian athletes from the various disciplines as an act of retaliation against the invasion of Ukrainian territory undertaken by Russia more than a week ago. With this in mind, the FIA also met to reach a conclusion regarding a possible stop of Russian drivers from their international competitions. The decision taken by the Federation, however, was to allow pilots with a Russian or Belarusian license to participate regularly in the events, as long as they do not represent their own nation and therefore run as neutral. In doing so, the presence of Nikita Mazepin in the Circus it should have been guaranteed, and instead Haas cut ties with the Russian and the sponsor Uralkali, breaking up the contracts.
On Mazepin’s farewell he was favorable Ralf Schumacher. The former German driver, today a pundit, had never been tender with the Russian # 9 in the past: “It’s a shame for Nikita, because he can’t do anything about it and has absolutely nothing to do with it – he told the microphones of Sky Sports Deutschland – I realize it is a difficult situation, but separation is the only right option. From a sporting point of view, this can also be a good decision for the team. It had to come to this separation mainly for two reasons: one is the pressure from outside, the other is the fact that Haas is a US team. Team principal Günther Steiner pointed out that the team has a fairly broad financial support and I can also imagine that some other sponsor may arrive, or that they are even around the corner already. I therefore believe that the team will be able to make up for the absence of a title sponsor and therefore solve this financial problem that occurred with the farewell to Uralkali ”.
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