The Haas Formula 1 Team has become the latest outfit to furlough its UK-based staff due to the coronavirus. It's the fifth team after McLaren, Williams, Racing Point and Renault to place the majority of its employees on leave, under a government scheme which will cover 80 per cent of employee wages up to £2,500 per month during the pandemic. US-owned Haas has bases in the UK and America and also has staff located at Italian-based Dallara, which builds the team's chassis. Drivers Romain Grosjean and Kevin Magnussen have also agreed to take a pay cut. Only two of the UK-based teams – Mercedes and Red Bull – have yet to confirm whether they will follow suit, but given they are two of the...
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