THE MOTORSPORT LAP
Haas could get F1 sponsor leg-up
Maserati looks set to return to premier circuit while Toyota Gazoo Racing names Dakar 2018 team
We learnt last week of Alfa Romeo returning to Formula One in 2018 under the auspices of the Sauber F1 Team. Our international correspondent, Michael Taylor, also reported that premium Italian automobile manufacturer Maserati could be making a return to F1 after nearly 60 years. Taylor says sources insist Sergio Marchionne, CEO of Ferrari and Maserati’s parent company, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, is preparing to send the Modena brand back to F1 after an almost six-decade hiatus. The deal will give Haas, the sport’s only US team, its first major sponsor after two self-funded years. Like the recent announcement of Alfa Romeo’s sponsorship of perennial back-marker Sauber, it would see Maserati paying Ferrari €20m a season to paint its trident on engine covers, via Haas. The Maserati-Haas outfit will be the fourth "Italian" team on the F1 grid, though only Toro Rosso and Ferrari will actually be based in the country. The Maserati brand has a glorious F1 history, albeit a long time ago, w...
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