Romain Grosjean was surprised that both he and Kevin Magnussen have been dropped by Haas for 2021, a decision explained to him as a financial one.
Haas will have an all-new driver lineup in 2021 having retained the Grosjean-Magnussen pairing since 2017. Well-backed Russian driver Nikita Mazepan, currently racing in Formula 2, is understood to be a candidate for one of the Haas seats, while Sergio Perez and Mick Schumacher are also in the mix for the other.
Grosjean was braced for bad news but did not expect a complete overhaul.
"I knew that probably one of us would be out at the end of the year, just because of the situation around the world," Grosjean said.