The promoter of the Formula 1 World Championship announced that it had definitively broken its contract with the promoter of the Russian Grand Prix, after the invasion of Ukraine by the Russian army.
“Formula 1 can confirm that its contract with the promoter of the Russian Grand Prix has expired, which means that Russia will not have a race in the future”, indicated the promoter of the F1, Formula One.
The 2022 Russian GP, canceled last week after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, was to be the last organized in Sochi before being moved from 2023 to Saint Petersburg.
The decision announced on Thursday is yet another in a series of measures taken by different international institutions against Russian sport, following Russia’s military intervention in Ukraine.
On Monday, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) called for the exclusion of Russians and Belarusians from all sporting competitions, thus breaking with a long tradition of nonintervention in political or geopolitical debates.
For its part, the International Automobile Federation (FIA) has decided to authorize Russian and Belarusian drivers to participate under a neutral flag in competitions regulated by this institution, including Formula 1.
However, “no international competition will take place in Russia or Belarus until further notice” and “no flag, symbol or anthem of Russia and Belarus will be used in international competitions until further notice” indicated the FIA this week.
The future of the Russian driver Nikita Mazepin in Formula 1 is uncertain, and is linked to the sponsorship between the American team Haas and its main Russian sponsor, the Uralkali group, specialized in the production of potash.
Mazepin came to Formula 1 last year and is the son of Russian millionaire and oligarch Dmitry Mazepin, a shareholder of Uralkali, who landed in the Haas team the same year as the team’s main sponsor.
The British Federation (Motorsport UK) went further on Wednesday, banning Russian or Belarusian drivers from competing in the UK.
Source: Gestion
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