Russia-Ukraine Crisis Consequences in Sports

[Monzanator 4,510]

FIA didn't ban Russian & Belarussian drivers (the latter are virtually non-existent) from competing but Great Britain banned them from competing in their country so that probably means Nikita Mazepin won't take part in British GP later this season.

 

https://www.roadandtrack.com/news/a39294511/russians-banned-from-uk-motorsport/

[heywoodu 15,159]

1 hour ago, Monzanator said:

FIA didn't ban Russian & Belarussian drivers (the latter are virtually non-existent) from competing but Great Britain banned them from competing in their country so that probably means Nikita Mazepin won't take part in British GP later this season.

 

https://www.roadandtrack.com/news/a39294511/russians-banned-from-uk-motorsport/

Clear job for the Haas team: show their full support for Mazepin every single time anything related to this is asked.

[Orangehair43 251]

1 hour ago, Monzanator said:

FIA didn't ban Russian & Belarussian drivers (the latter are virtually non-existent) from competing but Great Britain banned them from competing in their country so that probably means Nikita Mazepin won't take part in British GP later this season.

 

https://www.roadandtrack.com/news/a39294511/russians-banned-from-uk-motorsport/

The BBC are saying Hass are going to sever ties with Mazepin. His dad is close to Putin. 

[Orangehair43 251]

16 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

Clear job for the Haas team: show their full support for Mazepin every single time anything related to this is asked.

That would most likely get the team expelled within a couple of weeks. 

[Monzanator 4,510]

8 minutes ago, Orangehair43 said:

That would most likely get the team expelled within a couple of weeks. 

The team won't be expelled per se, they pulled the Uralkali sponsors brands during the last day of testing and they can always draft a test driver in place of Mazepin (currently Pietro Fittipaldi). The bigger question is whether the team could survive without a title sponsor. The most logical answer would be "no" hence team would collapse on its own unless they can find a last-minute replacement.

[heywoodu 15,159]

13 minutes ago, Orangehair43 said:

The BBC are saying Hass are going to sever ties with Mazepin. His dad is close to Putin. 

"Thank you for the work you did for us, but fuck you and see you never."

 

Right. If true, I hope we'll be getting rid of Haas soon.

[dcro 10,210]

FEI bans all Russian and Belarusian athletes starting March 6th.

Several Russians are entered for Lier this week, so they will compete, under no flag.

[LDOG 2,418]

Not an expert on the matter but isn't Mazepin kinda a prick and an average racer pushed by his oligarch dad's money?    

 

 

Honestly no sympathy with the guy then 

[NearPup 3,052]

Given Mazespin is by most accounts the least popular driver both on and off the grid I doubt this will create much of a splash. This might doom Haas financially, but it's not like the sanctions weren't in danger of doing that anyway.

[Dolby 735]

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