Nikita Mazepin

While drivers try to leave each other space to start their qualifying laps, Mazepin tagged himself into Giovinazzi's slipstream on the run down to the start/finish line – and overtook the Alfa Romeo driver.<br>With Giovinazzi's lap instantly ruined, he quickly came on the radio to ask what his Russian rival was doing, as his final effort to try to get out of Q1 was wrecked.<br>Speaking ...

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Just three weeks on from Mazepin's first lap exit at the Bahrain Grand Prix, the youngster endured a difficult first practice at Imola as he spun on his installation lap and the crashed out right at the end.<br>Having had a run of incidents throughout the F1 season opening weekend, Mazepin’s error strewn start to his grand prix career has been notable, with Steiner eager for the young Russian to ...

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Mazepin's F1 debut weekend went from bad to worse when he lost control on the Turn 2 kerbs at the start, veering into the barriers and ending his first race after less than a mile.<br>Mazepin took full responsibility for his mistake, saying his team "deserved better".<br><br>Read Also:<br><br>Mazepin "very angry" with himself for early Bahrain exit<br><br><br>Team principal Steiner said Mazepin ...

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From 19th place on the grid Mazepin tussled with teammate Mick Schumacher going through Sakhir's first corner combination, but then lost control over his car on the Turn 2 exit kerbs.<br>The Russian rookie tried to catch his car but veered off to the left and hit the wall, ending his F1 debut after less than a mile.<br>Mazepin took full responsibility for his mistake, saying he was very sorry for ...

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The Russian rookie, preparing for his maiden race outing in F1, was seen jumping the warm-up lap queue, overtaking three cars running slowly ahead of their final flying laps.<br>F1 drivers have a gentleman's agreement not to overtake each other during warm-up laps.<br>Mazepin, however, passed three rivals before spinning in front of them, ruining the laps of Alpine's Esteban Ocon and Aston ...

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The pair are now teammates at Haas but have competed regularly against each other in junior categories on their way up to F1.<br>But their first encounter on track stands out for Schumacher because he remembers being advised beforehand to keep an eye out for Mazepin’s tactics when they took part in a kart race in Italy.<br>“We’ve known each other since 2013 where we've been teammates at ...

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Haas driver Mazepin continued his preparations for his debut season by completing the early session on Saturday during Bahrain testing, completing 76 laps in total.<br>The Russian driver set the seventh-fastest time of the morning, but almost lost control of his car exiting Turn 3 while closely following Alfa Romeo’s Giovinazzi during the session. He was able to catch the car as it veered to the ...

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Mazepin will make his F1 debut later this month with Haas after graduating from F2, where he finished fifth in last year’s championship.<br>The Russian driver ended last season on 11 penalty points after a string of incidents, leaving him just one shy of the threshold to trigger a one-race ban.<br>Mazepin’s penalty points record is wiped as he moves up to F1, but the same system is in place ...

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"They were careless people, Tom and Daisy. They smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness, or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made."<br>The summation delivered by Nick Carraway in the final chapter is one of the most powerful quotes in F. Scott Fitzgerald's classic The Great ...

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Shortly after being announced as a Haas F1 driver for the 2021 season, a video was uploaded to Mazepin's Instagram account in which he was shown groping a woman's chest in the back of a car.<br>Haas called the incident "abhorrent" and Mazepin apologised before the team dealt with the matter internally, keeping the details of its action private.<br>Speaking in an open media call for the first time ...

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The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) announced in December that it had upheld a ban on Russia from competing at world championship sporting events, relating to state-sponsored doping and cover-ups at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.<br>CAS confirmed that it had cut the four-year ban proposed by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) to two years, meaning there will be no dedicated Russian team ...

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The team released a statement on Wednesday that stated the Russian driver would join Mick Schumacher as an all-rookie line-up for 2021 as previously announced.<br>The team had been conducting an investigation into the incident where Mazepin appeared to inappropriately touch a woman in the back of a car in an incident that took place ahead of the 2020 F1 season finale in Abu Dhabi and was briefly ...

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One week after Haas announced Mazepin would be making his F1 debut with the team next year, a video was briefly uploaded to his Instagram account showing him groping a woman in the back of a car.<br>Haas was quick to condemn Mazepin’s “abhorrent” behaviour, and told Motorsport.com it would be taking the matter “very seriously” ahead of last week’s F1 season finale in Abu ...

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However the Russian chemical company has not given up its claims, and says it will seek to appeal the judgement.<br>Mazepin, father of future Haas F1 team racer Nikita, was one of several parties in the running to buy Force India when the team went into administration in July 2018, and he put in what he believed to be the highest bid.<br>With the clock ticking and complications due to the claims ...

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Mazepin has been undertaking an extensive private testing programme with Mercedes for the past two years, helping his preparations to step up to F1.<br>The Russian driver secured an F1 superlicence by finishing fifth in this year's F2 championship, and will graduate with Haas next year.<br>But Haas is currently addressing an incident involving Mazepin after a video of him groping a woman's chest ...

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A video emerged earlier this week showing 2021 Haas F1 driver Mazepin groping a woman's chest in the back of the car after it was uploaded to his Instagram account.<br>Although it was quickly deleted, it was captured and shared widely on social media on Wednesday, prompting both Haas and Mazepin to issue statements.<br><br>Read Also:<br><br>Haas condemns "abhorrent" Mazepin behaviour in Instagram ...

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A video uploaded briefly to 2021 Haas F1 driver Mazepin's Instagram account showed him groping a woman's chest in the back of a car.<br>Although the video was quickly deleted, it was captured and shared widely on social media on Wednesday, prompting Haas to issue a statement condemning Mazepin's inappropriate actions.<br><br>Read Also:<br><br>Haas condemns "abhorrent" Mazepin behaviour in ...

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Haas announced last week that current F2 driver Mazepin would be joining its team for the 2021 season, forming an all-rookie line-up with Ferrari youngster Mick Schumacher.<br>On Tuesday night, a short video was posted to Mazepin’s Instagram account in which he reaches from the passenger seat of a car and inappropriately touches a woman’s chest on the back seat.<br>The woman is shown moving ...

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The Russian was announced on Tuesday as one of the team’s race drivers for 2021, despite not yet being officially eligible for a superlicence.<br>He has to finish at least seventh in the 2020 championship in order to qualify, and after taking fifth and second places in last weekend’s races at Sakhir, he now lies third.<br>There remains a slim mathematical possibility that he could be bumped ...

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Mazepin was announced as a Haas driver for 2021 earlier on Tuesday, and while there has been no confirmation of the commercial arrangements, the logos of his father's Uralkali concern are expected to be seen on the car.<br>With several other sons of wealthy fathers landing seats on the grid inevitably there has been some scepticism about the choice on social media.<br>However Steiner insisted that ...

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The Russian driver is expected to be partnered by Mick Schumacher, with a separate announcement to follow as soon as this week.<br>Mazepin currently lies third in the F2 standings with just this weekend’s finale on Bahrain’s outer circuit to come, having won feature races at Silverstone and Mugello. He will be the fourth Russian driver to race in F1 after Vitaly Petrov, Daniil Kvyat and ...

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Mazepin, having his first run-out in the 2019 Mercedes after a private test programme in the '17 car, set a best time of 1m15.775s on the final afternoon using the C5 Pirellis.<br>The Formula 2 driver completed a series of performance runs in the afternoon, eventually breaking the 1m16s barrier on his final quick lap with 25 minutes remaining.<br>His time was only 0.264s off fellow Mercedes driver ...

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The 20-year-old Russian will join Mercedes' race driver Valtteri Bottas in action at Barcelona this week, although the day he drives depends on the team's programme.<br>It will be Mazepin's first run in the team's 2019 challenger, the W10, although he is conducting a private testing programme this year in a 2017 Mercedes.<br>Mazepin finished runner-up in the final season of GP3 last year, winning ...

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Last week it was reported that the Williams team was the subject of interest from Dmitry Mazepin, father of Formula 2 racer Nikita, and that discussions had taken place recently regarding investment and a possible shareholding.<br>But deputy team principal Williams insists this is not the case and has denied engaging in any conversation with Mazepin this year.<br>Asked by Motorsport.com to address ...

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The GP3 race winner and 2018 runner-up will complete 12 days of testing this year in a Mercedes W08.<br>In terms of official running using contemporary machinery, F1 teams are restricted to just two four-day tests pre-season and a pair of two-day tests during the campaign, plus a tyre test after the season finale.<br>However, they are also allowed to test cars that were designed and built to the ...

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