“It’s good to keep your options open”, said the 23-year-old Russian at a media round. Masepin also made it clear: “I don’t want to go back to a place where they don’t want me.” The Muscovite said of his contract termination: “Of course I don’t think that’s fair.”
The Haas team, where Mick Schumacher is the second regular driver, announced the separation from Nikita Masepin and the Russian title sponsor Uralkali after the Russian attack on Ukraine on Saturday. Masepin’s father, Dmitri, is a co-owner of the mining company.