Haas F1 team principal Guenther Steiner has said he is pleased that Nikita Mazepin is no longer “in the headlines he was in” prior to making his debut in the pinnacle of motorsport. The Russian racing driver caused controversy in late 2020, shortly after Haas announced him as one of their drivers for the upcoming
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Haas F1 driver Nikita Mazepin has said that he is confident the American racing outfit will be fighting for points at “some point” next year. The team currently have the least competitive car on the grid after they decided not to develop their 2020 package and instead focused their resources on 2022, when sweeping regulation
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Mick Schumacher is well into his debut season in Formula 1, and he has largely outperformed his Haas team-mate, Nikita Mazepin. However, with him driving the slowest car on the grid, many feel that the 2020 Formula 2 Championship doesn’t have the machinery to show off his talent – and former F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone
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Alfa Romeo team principal Frederic Vasseur has commented on speculation that F1 rookie Mick Schumacher will leave Haas to join the Switzerland-based team at the end of the year. Schumacher, who won the 2020 Formula Two title, was a part of the Ferrari Driver Academy during his junior racing career and he was linked with
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F1 rookie Nikita Mazepin needs to learn that Haas’ 2021 car is “not as good as a Mercedes”, team principal Guenther Steiner has said. Mazepin struggled in his opening two race weekends in Formula 1 with the American racing outfit, with him spinning several times and crashing out of his debut grand prix after just
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Former racing driver Mario Andretti has said it is “wrong” for Nikita Mazepin to be able to qualify for a Super Licence while IndyCar racer Colton Herta is unable to get one. Mazepin’s fifth-place finish in the 2020 Formula 2 Championship, coupled with his finishing position in previous campaigns, was enough for him to qualify
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Haas F1 rookie Nikita Mazepin has said that he believes Mick Schumacher’s ties to Ferrari give the German certain advantages over him, as they both navigate their debut season in Formula 1. Schumacher was a member of the Ferrari Driver Academy (FDA) during his junior racing career, and he continues to be affiliated with the
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It’s fair to say Nikita Mazepin’s first two race weekends in Formula 1 were poor, with him crashing out of his debut in Bahrain after just a matter of seconds and being the only driver to finish last weekend’s Emilia Romagna Grand Prix two laps down on the leaders. The F1 community has been quick
MoreNikita Mazepin has said he is surprised by the “standard of behaviour” in Formula 1 and admitted that there are some “unspoken rules” which he is still learning. The Russian driver entered Formula 1 as public enemy number one after he groped a model in December, and he has struggled in the opening two F1
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The current restrictions on pre-season testing are “ridiculous” and are primarily responsible for this season’s three rookie drivers making a lot of mistakes in the first two rounds of the 2021 campaign, according to ex-F1 driver Marc Surer. F1 teams only had three days of pre-season testing ahead of the 2021 campaign – half of
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