Here's why America's Haas F1 dropped Russian driver Nikita Mazepin
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Haas F1 said it dropped driver Nikita Mazepin because his presence was causing issues for the team it "can't deal with."
"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," Haas told The Associated Press on the starting grid of the NASCAR race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on Sunday. Haas also co-owns the Stewart-Haas NASCAR team.
Haas F1 is primarily funded by Haas Automation, a CNC machine tool company owned by Haas and its cars will revert to the company's white, red and black color scheme for the Formula One test sessions in Bahrain this week, dropping the white, blue and red colors of the Russian flag they wore last year and at a test in Barcelona in February.