Listen to this article The latest additions were published by the Council of the European Union on Wednesday. The news came shortly after Mazepin had told the media that neither he nor his father were subject to sanctions, and thus that couldn’t be used as an reason for the Haas F1 team to cancel both his contract and that of his sponsor Uralkali. Mazepin explained in an online conference on Wednesday that his sacking by Haas on March 4 came as a surprise, as he had been given no indication by team principal Gunther Steiner. He said he had agreed to sign the document prepared by the FIA and which allowed drivers from Russia to compete under a neutral flag. “I have consented to this ruling unconditionally when it was prepared by the WMSC,” he said. “So the decision from Haas was not based either on any directive from the sport’s governing body, or dictated by any sanctions that were placed against either me or my father, or his company.” …