Fittipaldi will prioritise his RLL programme next year, but he still has the scope to retain his links with Haas, for whom he competed in the last two races of the 2020 season as replacement for the injured Romain Grosjean.
With the IndyCar season ending on 15 September, he will potentially be free for the final seven races of the F1 calendar, while also having some spare weekends earlier in the year.
With 24 events on next year’s F1 schedule many teams are splitting the reserve role, with Haas now potentially having the option to have Ferrari junior Oliver Bearman on hand as well.
"We have to figure that one out,” said team boss Guenther Steiner when asked about Fittipaldi. “I was speaking with Fred [Vasseur] about what they are doing with reserve drivers for next year, but we haven't come to a conclusion.
“I don’t think we’ll lose him completely. As I said, we looked into it, what is possible, what is not. We know the calendars. We had a chat today about it.
“Also, how much testing, because in IndyCars they do more testing than we do here, how much is involved in that one. Pietro is part of the family and if you don't have him around you miss something."
Source: Autosport