Rich Energy remains Haas sponsor after tweet affair

The confusion involving the team Haas and its title sponsor Rich Energy took a new turn this Thursday, July 11 in the afternoon. The shareholders of the energy drink company issued a press release in which they dissociated themselves froman unexpected tweet published Thursday evening.

In this tweet, the Rich Energy account announced with loss and noise the end of the partnership with the American team. Except that the shareholders want to calm things down. “We believe with all our hearts in the Haas team F1 Team, in its performance and its organization, and we are fully committed to the current sponsorship agreement.

Additionally, we strongly believe in the F1 product and the platform it provides for our product. » The author of the angry tweet is clearly in the sights. « One person's rogue act caused a lot of embarrassment. We are in the process of legally removing all executive responsibility from him.. He can speak for himself but his opinions are not those of the company. 

This incident is very regrettable. We will not make any further comments”, and the imbroglio will be resolved behind the scenes. “We would like to confirm our commitment to Haas F1 Team and thank the team for their support and patience while this matter is handled internally. » Vhere which nevertheless makes a mess, a few weeks after Rich Energy had to remove its logo due to plagiarism on the bicycle brand Whyte Bikes...