Haas For🌄mula 1 chief Güenther Steiner says he wants to avoid a “war of words” over a claim Rich Energy has cancelled its ti♌tle sponsorship agreement, but plans to deal with the matter following this weekend’s British Grand Prix.

Rich Energy claimed on Twitter late on Wedneඣsday night that it had terminated its title sponsorship agreement with Haas du🐽e to “poor performance”,

However, Haas💝 issued a statement on Thursday morning saying Rich Energy remained the team’s title partner, with its branding remaining in place on its hospitalitꩲy and on the VF-19 car at Silverstone.

Speaking to the media on Thursday at Silverstone, Haas chief Steiner said he could not say much beyond the statement that had 🍨been issued.

“I’m sorry💞 guys, I would like to tell you more, but I cannot. I hope you respect that,” Ste🌺iner said.

“I don’t want to put anybody in a difficult situation, but I cannot say anything about that. They will be on the car🍒 this weekend, and then the rest, we need to sort out going forwards what we are doing.

“The commercial agreement doesn’t let me talk about it, and I don’t want to. There’s no point to stir anything more up. T♔hat’s what it is.”

Steiner admit🌃ted he was surpris🅠ed to see the tweet from Rich Energy, but dealing with the matter was “part of the job” of running an F1 team.

“You can do without it, but 𒉰💜it’s not like I’m staying up at night thinking about it. We get on with our job,” he said.

“For me what is more important is to get the car back🥃 where we want to be, and that is our focus. It’s important, but at this moment in time, it’s part of the job and you need to deal with it.”

While Haas currently sits P9 in the constructors’ championshi🙈p, the team has impressed on occasion this year, and qualified fifth for the last race ✱in Austria.

Asked if he was biting his tongue over claims of underperformance, Steiner said: “It’s pretty eꦑasy for me.

“As I said to you guys before, it’s being professional about it. I think I’m known to be pr💖ofessional. When I speak, I speak, when I cannot, I don’t speak.

“There’s no point to gཧo into a war of words about something. It ꦗdoesn’t even upset me. It’s just something I need to deal with next week, and I will.”

There has been no further comment from Rich Energy on the matter, but it has beeꩲn suggested that Storey may have sent the tweet unauthorised from the acꦏcount himself, making it possible the partnership could remain in place moving forward.