“Good to know that I’m not in the bad books” after Haas F1 talks – Mazepin | F1

After an incident in qualifying in which the Haas duo obstructed Sebastian Vettel, tensions flared up again on the first lap of the race.

Mazepin defended aggressively with a late move to the right lane in front of the pit lane on the start-finish straight.

While it wasn’t clear at the time, it appears that when Schumacher dodged Mazepin, it hit a bollard and damaged his front wing.

Commenting on the incident leading up to the Italian Grand Prix, Mazepin said, “It’s good to know that I’m not in the bad books, so that’s a good thing. I want to respect the privacy of these discussions, the doors were closed and I don’t think it would be pleasant for all parties to have an open discussion, so I’ll leave it at that. “

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Mazepin confirmed that the rules of engagement will remain the same with his teammate and later stated that he had not broken the FIA ​​rules regarding the wheel-to-wheel battle at Zandvoort.

“They didn’t because we didn’t think I broke any rules or violated the FIA ​​Sport and Racing Regulations… we’ll work together as a team to fix that, but maybe sometimes you have to lift if you can sees a bollard in front of you instead of damaging your car so we’ll see.

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“We are here as racing drivers and I think it is wrong for the drivers to put them above the stewards and driver advisors and say what they should have done because it is not their position.

“At the same time, I very much respect the rules and what the rules in the book say is that you are not allowed to step out of the width of a car unless a significant part of the car behind you is side by side. You have the right to move from the left.” pulling to the right because you are still in front and can take your position safely. This has been the case for many, many years, and I respect that and will continue to do so. “

Schumacher agreed with Mazepin that there won’t be any changes to how he drives his teammates, but he wanted to keep all the details of the meetings that had taken place in-house.

“At the moment I don’t think so. Hopefully we can drive like we did before. We are discussing internally and I think that everything has been said by each party. Hopefully we will find the right solution and the right way out. “