Haas pulls Grosjean IndyCar sponsorship

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Haas pulls Grosjean IndyCar sponsorship

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Gene Haas was going to sponsor Romain Grosjean until his major crash.

Haas dropped the sponsorship because he feels that Grosjean "needs to stay home and take care of his family":

https://racer.com/2021/02/25/haas-pulle ... ain-crash/

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Yeah... No.

He almost died in your F1 car, so...
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MonteCristo wrote: 3 years ago Yeah... No.

He almost died in your F1 car, so...
This.

If he knew when he survived the Bahrain bingle that he could not morally feel good about helping him switch to Indycar, why wait 2 months to say you have dropped the sponsorship idea. Or is this just a bit of after the event news that is just coming to light?

So does this mean RoGro is out of a drive? The way it reads is that RoGro / Dale XCoyne have made other arrangements.

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Everso Biggyballies wrote: 3 years ago
MonteCristo wrote: 3 years ago Yeah... No.

He almost died in your F1 car, so...
This.

If he knew when he survived the Bahrain bingle that he could not morally feel good about helping him switch to Indycar, why wait 2 months to say you have dropped the sponsorship idea. Or is this just a bit of after the event news that is just coming to light?
Not so fast on the judgement. ;)

Maybe he had plans on getting some sponsorship and that just sounds better publicly then not being able come up with the cash.

"Racer" didn't provide "And now...the rest of the story":

"On the other hand, Haas's crisis may be less one of morality than one of money. Grosjean told The Race the reason he and his former F1 teammate Kevin Magnussen were ejected from Haas was due to financial issues, hence Haas selling a seat to the PR nightmare that is Nikita Mazepin."
Excerpted from: https://www.thedrive.com/accelerator/39 ... r-his-kids

I don't remember the timeline or when "The Race" interviewed Romain......
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