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Haas ‘wouldn't be here' without Mazepin's money

Fresh from confirming Nikita Mazepin for a second season, Guenther Steiner admits Haas would 'not be here today' were it not for Dmitry Mazepin's investment. Mazepin booked a place for his son, Nikita, on this year's Formula 1 grid by investing heavily in the Haas F1 team through his Uralkali firm. The Russian billionaire is said to have paid tens of millions for his son's F1 seat. Millions that if Haas had not received could have potentially signalled the end of the team. “I had to find several opportunities to allow the team to move forward because the future of many families depended,' team boss Guenther Steiner explained to Danish publication Ekstra Bladet. 'Sometimes you are forced...
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