Haas’ lack of simulator “bigger challenge” for rookies – Mazepin

Nikita Mazepin has announced that the lack of a simulator system in Haas will make the flyover races as a rookie in F1 more difficult at the end of the season.

The Russian and team-mate Mick Schumacher will never have driven in Austin, Mexico or Brazil before without Formula 2 taking to the racetracks during their time in the championship.

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This means a potentially steeper learning curve than on European racetracks in recent months, where both drivers would have climbed the ranks.

Before the run-in at the end of the season, Mazepin said, “Well, new tracks naturally bring new challenges and as one of the few teams on the grid that doesn’t have a simulator, it will be a rookie driver who drives to them.” more of a challenge on top of my usual jobs.

“I think it’s a lot easier to get used to Formula 1 on tracks that you know as a child.

“I tested in Monza for the first time in 2015, so I know this place like the back of my garden.

“When you go to Mexico or Brazil, F1 is a very demanding sport in itself and when you add a new track with new bumps, new track surfaces and so on, it gets tougher.”

Mazepin’s new chassis leads to “massively improved” one-lap speed

Mazepin received a new chassis at the Belgian Grand Prix and immediately found pace with the recent triple header.

The 22-year-old says he can now be confident of driving the VF-21 to the limit.

“I think our one-lap pace has improved a lot since I raced in FP1 in Belgium and I think we all know what the change was in FP1 in Belgium,” he said.

“It’s good to know that I can trust my feelings and the good thing is that the pace is there now and we still have a long season ahead of us at the beginning of the year when the car didn’t do what it should now it to the truth. “