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Haas has revealed that Pietro Fittipaldi, grandson of two-time Formula 1 champion Emerson, was in talks with Haas over a possible test before his horrific crash at Spa. The Brazilian racer was competing in the World Endurance Championship last weekend with LMP1 squad DragonSpeed.
However, during qualifying for the six-hour race, the 21-year-old hit the barriers at Eau Rouge, breaking both of his legs. Fittipaldi was also scheduled to take part in the Indy 500 later this month with Dale Coyne Racing, but will miss out while he recovers.
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In Barcelona, ahead of this weekend's Spanish Grand Prix, Haas team principal Guenther Steiner admitted that the team was in early talks with Fittipaldi over a possible F1 test: "There was nothing set, we were talking about it and then the accident happened," he said.
"He contacted us, I know his grandfather Emerson, they just said, ‘Can we do something together?' We didn’t stop talking [after the crash] but we stopped talk about [a test] because we don’t know what can be done. He’s well on the way to getting better. That’s the most important thing for me.”
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