Nikita Mazepin insists he is working towards a Formula 1 return – but clearly it won't be with Haas.
The Russian racer was sacked just weeks before the start of the 2022 season after his country invaded Ukraine. The FIA ruled he was allowed to race under a neutral flag, but Haas wanted nothing to do with him or his oligarch father, who had close ties to Vladimir Putin.
It was a bold decision for the team who, at the time, had the smallest budget in F1. Dmitry Mazepin's Uralkali was the team's main sponsor and so Haas lost out on a lot of money by making what they felt was the ethically correct choice.
