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Haas F1 has responded to Uralkali’s demand for the team to repay the sponsorship money after terminating the contract with the former title sponsor and driver Nikita Mazepin, whose father owns the company.
According to a report from Motorsport.com, the Formula One team rejected the $13 million demand and in turn asked for compensation from the Russian company.
Haas F1 terminated the contract with Mazepin and title sponsor Uralkali, the company his father, Dmitry, owns in early March before the second round of preseason testing. Russia invaded Ukraine on Feb.