Haas junior Santino Ferrucci was blocked from running President Donald Trump's "Make America Great Again" slogan on the side of his Formula Two car at the weekend.
In an unrelated incident, the American driver has been banned for four races after deliberately crashing into Trident teammate and fellow Haas junior Arjen Maini at the end of Sunday's F2 race which preceded the British Grand Prix. After the ban Trident released a series of remarkable tweets accusing Ferrucci and his father of "unsportsmanlike" and "uncivilized" behaviour during the weekend.
On Monday a letter circulated online that showed the FIA rejected a request from Trident to place Trump's 2016 election slogan on the side of the car.