Formula 1 teams urged the sport to take serious steps in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, according to Red Bull team principal Christian Horner.
Team bosses met F1 CEO Stefano Domenicali during the first pre-season test at Circuit de Catalunya following Russia’s attack on its neighbour. The following day F1 confirmed the Russian Grand Prix would not go ahead while the Haas team removed the branding of sponsor Uralkali.
Horner said teams were unified in their response to the outbreak of hostilities. “It’s shocking to see what’s happening going on in the world,” he told the BBC today. “Sport is almost irrelevant at a time when you see what’s going on the world like that. Certainly Formula 1, all the teams took a very strong position when we were last together about 10 days ago to say we need to take a firm position on this.”
Following the test F1 confirmed it had cancelled its contract with the Russian Grand Prix promote for future races. On Saturday Haas…