Rumor: Haas schedules USGP Press Conference to announce new sponsor (Update)

(GMM) Haas looks to be closing in on a deal with a new title sponsor.

Early this year, the small American team parted with Nikita Mazepin and his Russian sponsor Uralkali over the outbreak of the Ukraine conflict.

Mazepin is now suing the team for unpaid monies, with Tass news agency reporting on Tuesday that Haas has now officially responded to a Swiss court’s notice of the claim.

“A source told Tass that the parties are now awaiting the appointment of arbitrators and the date of the hearing,” the Russian media source claims.

Insiders believe the unveiling of a new title sponsor is probably the reason Haas has called the media to a press conference in the US GP paddock in Austin next Thursday.

However, it could also be to announce that Mick Schumacher is staying for another year.

“When you’ve worked with someone for two years, that’s better than getting someone new,” team boss Gunther Steiner admitted in Japan.

Haas will hold a special press conference with the media next Thursday at noon local time before the US Grand Prix. It is not known what the team will announce, but we think we know.

We hear they will announce a big sponsor for 2023, but there is certainly a chance that Haas will announce who will be Magnussen’s teammate in 2023.

Our sources say it will be a sponsorship announcement.