Haas has insisted Rich Energy is still its title sponsor despite the energy drink brand issuing a statement yesterday claiming it had terminated their contract.

“Rich Energy is currently the title partner of Haas F1 Team,” said team principal Guenther Steiner in a statement on Twitter.

“I cannot comment further on the contractual relationship between our two parties due to commercial confidentiality.”

Yesterday Rich Energy announced it had “terminated our contract with Haas F1 Team for poor performance.”

“The politics and PC [politically correct] attitude in F1 is also inhibiting our business,” they added. “We wish the team well.”

Haas finished fifth in the constructors’ championship last year but has fallen to ninth in the current standings.

This article will be updated.

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