Meanwhile, Haas team boss Gunther Steiner has said the future of his driver Nikita Mazepin “needs to resolved”. Steiner said the team had “legal issues to go through” in an apparent hint the US-based outfit are trying to split from Mazepin and the sponsorship money that comes from his father Dmitry – a billionaire with close ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin. Steiner said the team would work on the situation next week, but insisted the future of Haas in F1 was not in doubt. His thoughts were echoed by world champion Max Verstappen, who said: “When a country is at war it is not right to race there.”. I don’t see us going to Russia with the decisions they have taken lately. Russia is not a place I would want to be going right now and I’m very sad to see what’s going on and the innocent lives that are being taken. Asked about the Mazepins’ involvement, Steiner said: “It needs to be resolved.

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