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Haas F1 team newcomer Nikita Mazepin has already been beaten with a nickname he is likely to want to lose after an eventful – for the wrong reasons – first racing weekend in Formula 1.
Danish newspaper Ekstra Bladet and some on social media have dubbed the Russian F1 rookie driver a “maze spin” after a weekend of spins in practice and a spin-out in the first round of Sunday’s F1 Grand Prix . Mazepin didn’t do a lap on his debut.
Haas F1 newcomer Nikita Mazepin walks back into the garage after the first lap of the Bahrain F1 Grand Prix on Sunday.
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“It was very easy,” said Mazepin, whose father Dmitry is sponsoring the Haas team this year, even though Dimitry’s Russian potash fertilizer business is in Uralkali. “I made a mistake. It was just one of those things. My start was good, I got into turn one and took the outside line. I then went through turn two and I really tried to (team-mate) Mick (Schumacher) evasive) when he got close and got too much power – the tires didn’t make it.
“They were cold, I stepped on the curb, accelerated too much and spun. It was totally my fault, it’s very disappointing. I’m very sorry for the team as they deserve to do a lot better Obviously there is always something positive to take – the learning experience is obviously there. “
Meanwhile, on his debut, Schumacher was stable throughout the race, finishing 16th, one lap behind race winner Lewis Hamilton.
Schumacher and Mazepin form the only all-rookie line-up in Formula 1 this season. They replace Kevin Magnussen and Roman Grosjean. Haas finished ninth in the F1 constructors’ championship in 2020. This season, the team left Bahrain – the first of 23 planned Formula 1 races this season – and finished tenth in the points.
“We had a success rate of 50 percent,” said Haas team boss Günther Steiner. “Mick did a very good job.” I think he learned a lot today and the team learned a lot, the strategy works.
“He’s not feeling good about it, but we put it down as learning.”
“Nikita, obviously we all saw that he had a spin on the first lap that was affecting his race. He’s not feeling good about it, but we put it aside as a study. He’ll come back to it next race weekend.” Surely he learned from this weekend. In general, the team worked really well with the drivers all weekend.
“I think they all started to come together as a team. They worked together, they get along. These things always take time. It’s very complex – the whole sport is so complex and it’s just time that gives you some time Solutions. You can’t force these things and you can’t buy them. Every day we work together is a plus. “
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