Haas F1 Team announced in a statement it will drop its Uralkali livery for the third day of preseason testing at Circuit de Barcelona—Catalunya, electing to drive a plain white car instead.
However, it remained firm that it would stick to the planned driver format: Nikita Mazepin in the morning and Mick Schumacher in the afternoon.
The team's title sponsor is Dimtry Mazepin's company, Uralkali. Mazepin is known as a close associate of president Vladimir Putin, and one of the president’s allies, Sergei Chemezov, has been a chairman within the company for several years.
The move comes as questions loom over Formula One about participating in the Russian Grand Prix as the country invaded and attacked Ukraine earlier on Thursday.