Haas reveals updated livery for 2022 F1 season after Uralkali split

The American outfit terminated its title sponsorship deal with Russian chemicals company Uralkali and driver Nikita Mazepin earlier this week i🐼n response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on February 24.
Haas' previous livery featured꧃ a design incorporati💙ng the colours of the Russian flag, with Uralkali’s branding featuring heavily.
Mazepin and his billionaire father Dmitry, who co-owns Uralkali and is a close associate of Russian President Vladimir Putin, were both added to a list of Russians sanc👍tioned over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
On Thursday, the team revealed its updated livery with Haas branding featuring predominately on a ♛white, red and black coloursheme๊.
First look at our livery for 2022!
— Haas F1 Team (@HaasF1Team)
Haas is not taking part in Thursday morning’s first session i♑n Bahrain after it encountered freight d🔜elays but reserve driver Pietro Fittipaldi is due to drive the VF-22 this afternoon.
The returning Kevin M𝔍agnuꦐssen, who has signed for Haas on a “multi-year contract” as a replacement for the ousted Mazepin, is in Bahrain and completed a seat fit on Thursday morning.
Magnussen is due to split running with te🎃ammate Mick Schumacher over the final two days of pre-season testing.
“I was obviously very surprised but equally ver🐓y excited to receive the call from Haas F1 team,” said Magnussen.
“I was looking in a different direction regarding my commitments for 2022 but the opportunity to return to comꦇpete in Formula 1, and with a team I know extremely well, was simply too appealing.”

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