Haas reveals the ‘actual’ livery of VF-22 following the termination of Uralkali sponsorship

Haas reveals the ‘actual’ livery of VF-22 following the termination of Uralkali sponsorship

Haas VF-22

The Russian invasion of Ukraine has sent shockwaves around the world and the motorsports world was no different from it. Along with condemning the humanitarian crisis that Russia has prompted in Ukraine the FIA also introduced bold sanctions against Russian involved drivers and teams.

Following this American Formula 1 outfit, Haas cut its ties with its main sponsor Uralkali, owned by Russian multimillionaire Dmitry Mazepin, and their Russian driver Nikita Mazepin. Haas also had to scrap the livery design, of their 2022 challenger VF-22, which was inspired by the Russian flag and drove a plain white livery on the final day of the first test in Barcelona.

The team replaced Nikita Mazepin with their former driver Kevin Magnussen and the Danish will be driving a car with an entirely new Livery, in Bahrain for preseason testing, from their old white, red, and blue-themed one.

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Hass replaced their old livery with red and black engravings keeping the white base the same. The new livery is reminiscent of the first years of Haas machinery in F1. Haas shared images of their new livery in a tweet from their official handle which was captioned “First look at our actual livery for 2022!”

Mazepin replacement Kevin Magnussen says he was “very surprised” about joining Hass

Haas driver Kevin Magnussen
Haas driver Kevin Magnussen

Kevin Magnussen who reportedly signed a multi-year contract with Hass reacting to his appointment said that he was very surprised at the same time excited about the given opportunity as he envisioned his 2022 going a completely different way than returning to F1. He added that the offer was simply too appealing for him to turn down.

“I was obviously very surprised but equally very excited to receive the call from Haas F1 Team,” said Kevin Magnussen.

“I was looking in a different direction regarding my commitments for 2022 but the opportunity to return to compete in Formula 1, and with a team, I know extremely well, was simply too appealing,” Kevin Magnussen added.

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