“Like Your Seat” – Mazepin strikes back on Schumacher’s “Crooked Nose” comment

The Haas F1 Racing Team organized a little game for its young drivers Nikita Mazepin and Mick Schumacher. The rules were that they had to draw each other on a piece of paper with a sharpie. While bringing out their inner artists, the two of them had a fun time showing off their sketchy skills, and F1 fans loved the video Haas posted on their Twitter handle.

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While explaining his art, Mick said he had “crooked nose” at his teammate. Mazepin responded by making a comparison between his crooked nose and Schumacher’s “crooked” seat.

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Nikita Mazepin has a wild answer for his teammate

While the two Haas debutants attempted to portray each other, Schumacher took a more artistic approach, while Mazepin only drew a stick figure. Then they showed each other their drawings and Mick told his teammate that he had given his portrait a crooked nose. Nikita asked with aroused interest: “Wrong?” And then he came up with a wild comparison – he asked further: “Do you like your place?”

This comment refers to the revelation that Mick and Günther Steiner happened to experience earlier this year. The son of the seven-time world champion Michael Schumacher made his Formula 1 debut at the wheel of his Haas VF-21. But in June the driver said he had the feeling that he was “in a crooked position” since the start of the season!

This made fans speculate that while Mick stays in Haas at least until the end of 2022, he may have to vacate his seat before the end of 2021!

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Haas is not going well in 2021

The Haas F1 team, led by Italian team boss Günther Steiner, did not have a particularly good season in 2021. While even teams like Williams have shown some improvement, the Haas drivers failed to produce commendable performances in their debut year in F1.

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BAHRAIN, BAHRAIN – MARCH 12: Mick Schumacher from Germany and Haas F1 and Nikita Mazepin from Russia and Haas F1 look out from the grid on the first day of F1 testing at the Bahrain International Circuit on March 12, 2021 in Bahrain, Bahrain to. (Photo by Joe Portlock / Getty Images)

With immediate effect, Haas is in last place in the constructors’ championship with 0 points. But all hope is not lost for Günther Steiner, because he has some dreams for his team that he will be able to realize in 2022 as soon as the new FIA regulations come into force, which will affect the aerodynamics of the cars.