War in Ukraine: Haas with full white livery on Friday

Due to the current geopolitical context marked by Russian offensives in Ukraine, the American team Haas, which has a livery in the colors of its Russian title sponsor Uralkali, will ride in a full white dress on Friday, the team announced this Thursday evening in a press release.

“Haas F1 Team will present its VF-22 in a full white livery, without the Uralkali branding, for the third and final day of winter testing at the Barcelona circuit this Friday, February 25. states the press release. The team has also confirmed that its Russian driver Nikita mazepin would ride well as expected during the morning session this Friday, while his teammate Mick Schumacher will be behind the wheel during the afternoon session.

The American structure insisted that it would not make any further comments at this time regarding the partners linked to the team. As a reminder, in this difficult geopolitical context, the Gene Haas team had decided to cancel the presence of Guenther Steiner at a press conference this Thursday at noon, and also the press briefing by Nikita Mazepin, scheduled for 18:50 p.m.

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