Nikita Mazepin will not race in Formula One this season after his US-owned Haas squad severed ties with the 23-year-old and title sponsor Uralkali over his country’s invasion of Ukraine.
The only Russian on the grid, he would have been allowed to race in a neutral capacity, according to a decision by the FIA’s World Motor Sport Council.
But his participation in individual races would have been in doubt, especially after Motorsport UK banned Russian and Belarusian license holders from competing in the country, raising the prospect of other national motorsport federations doing the same. Hass driver Nikita Mazepin steers his car during a Formula One pre-season testing session at the Catalunya racetrack in Montmelo, just outside of Barcelona, Spain on Feb. 25, 2022.Haas finished at the bottom of the constructors’ standings last year and were the only team not to score a point after choosing to forgo development of their car to focus on their 2022 challenger designed to this year’s drastically overhauled rules.
But Mazepin’s performances were also underwhelming, with the Russian outperformed by teammate Schumacher.Haas F1 team also severed ties with sponsor Uralkali, owned by Nikita Mazepin’s father Dmitry.Formula One on Thursday said it will no longer race in Russia after terminating its Russian Grand Prix contract, originally set to expire in 2025.Formula One will hold its final pre-season test in Bahrain from March 10 to 12. The season gets underway in the island kingdom on March 20.
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