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While Carlos Sainz topped the times on the scheduled end of today's test session, Kevin Magnussen went a solid 3 tenths faster during the extra hour that Haas was allowed to continue to make up for lost time on Thursday.
https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukrai ... 9b088d9d1eHaas to run rebranded F1 cars and Fittipaldi at Bahrain test
LAS VEGAS (AP) — The relationship between Haas F1 and its Russian sponsor and driver became untenable following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the owner of the United States-based Formula One team said Sunday.
Gene Haas also said his team was financially stable despite the decision Saturday to cut ties with Russian driver Nikita Mazepin and sponsor Uralkali.
“There was a lot of intense criticism about the Ukrainian invasion and it was just getting overwhelming. We can’t deal with all that, our other sponsors can’t deal with all that,”
“We’re in the process of looking at several candidates, we’ll see who is available and what we have to deal with, but we’ll have somebody by Wednesday,” Haas said. “Pietro will definitely be in it, that’s what he’s for, he’s the test driver.”
“I think we’re looking. I think we’d obviously like to get someone with a bit more actual experience,” Haas told the AP. “We just have to see what’s available.”
“Haas has always been the major, primary sponsor, I don’t know why people said it became a Russian team. Haas Automation was always on the car,” he said.
“We’re good. We’re fine. We’d like more money, of course, but we’re fine,” he said. “This just gives us a bigger negative number.”
That was in 2019, not in 2021. And it was without budget cap.Restomaniac wrote:Well 12 months ago Mercedes turned up with a pretty much different car for the 2nd test.
