Haas Formula 1 chief Güenther Steiner says he wants to avoid a “war of words” over a claim Rich En𓂃ergy has cancelled its title sponsorship agreement, but plans to deal with the matter following this weekend’sཧ British Grand Prix.

Rich 🎃Energy claimed on Twitter late💦 on Wednesday night that it had terminated its title sponsorship agreement with Haas due to “poor performance”,

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

Speaking to tꦏhe media 𝔍on 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,” Steiner said.

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

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

Steiner admitteꦜd he was surprised to see the tweet from R🍷ich Energy, but dealing with the matter was “part of the job” of running an F1 team.

“You can do without it, but it’s not like I’m st👍aying 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’ championship,♍ the team has impressed on occasion this year, and qualified fifth for the last race in Austria.

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

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

“There’s no point to go into a war of words about something. It 🍷doesn’t even upset m𓂃e. 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 been suggested that Storey may have sent ⛦the tweet unauthorised from the account himself, making it possible the partnership could remain in placeꦆ moving forward.