Uralkali: Guenther Steiner on Nikita Mazepin and Uralkali axe: 'We couldn't take any other decision'

Guenther Steiner has stuck by Haas' choice to drop Nikita Mazepin and Uralkali and said they "couldn't take any other decision." Shortly before the 2022 season, Haas again found themselves again with a headache when it came to their title sponsor after they decided to cut ties with Uralkali. The Russian fertiliser producer and its majority shareholder Dmitry Mazepin have close ties with Vladimir Putin and Haas opted to drop their sponsor following Russia's invasion of Ukraine. As a result, Nikita Mazepin lost his seat due to having only been there through his father's sponsorship of the team. The affair came just three years after Haas had problems with then-sponsor Rich Energy. The face of the brand William Storey tweeted one day that they had dropped their sponsorship only for the company to deny Storey's claim. Video Player is loading. 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