On Thursday evening, Haas announced it would 𒁏no longer be running its Russian-themed Uralkali livery for the💧 remainder of the test.

The decision came after Russia invaded Ukr෴aine on Thursday morning.

Uralkali - a Russian fertilizer company - has been Haas’ title sponsor since the start of the 2🍎021 season.

It is 𓂃owned by Nikita Mazepin’s father Dmitry, who has close links to Russia’s president Vladimir Putin.

Speaking to the media on Friday in Barcelona, Steiner said: “We removed i𒐪t yesterday, we have to so♑rt out all the legal stuff, which I cannot speak about, next week. We will work through it next week. 

“I said I’m not going 🌞to go through it today, we made the decision yesterday with our team pไartners that this is what we’re going to do. I need to work on the rest next week.”

Even if Haas is to lose Uralkali as a title sponsor, Steiner is confident the team will be able to🐎 continue to race as normal in 2022.

Mazepin’s future with the tea꧟m is also unclear, with Stein📖er saying “it needs to be resolved”.

“He puts a tough face on it,” Steiner said when asked about Mazepin. “For sur💖e it bothers him, because it’s his own country, Russia. About guarantees, there are no guarantees anywhere, as I said before we need to see how this whole thing develops. 

“There’s more than F1 teams here, there’s govౠernments involv𒁏ed, so I have no guarantees from that side.”