After the Styrian Grand Prix, Mazepin said he found it hard to match Mick Schumacher’s performance in the race, claiming he had a weight disadvantage that made him feel like a “sitting duck”.
Haas team boss Günther Steiner confirmed that Mazepin will be available for a replacement in the coming races and has now announced that the Russian rookie will be using the new chassis from the race this weekend in Spa-Francorchamps.
“He got a new one,” said Steiner. “The chassis are, I don’t know the exact stiffness data, but you can’t change the stiffness of a chassis without changing the homologation.
“It’s a homologated chassis, so it will be very similar. There is always a tolerance, but I don’t know tolerance out of my head.”
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Steiner said the change has “no financial impact” on the American team, adding that Haas will not know if there is a performance advantage for Mazepin until he completes Friday practice in the new chassis.
“In terms of performance, we’ll see if there is a difference tomorrow,” he said. “I don’t know if Nikita feels any different – that’s more because of him than me.
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“But otherwise, as I said, it is a homologated chassis. We had two old ones because we obviously destroyed one last year, we burned them. See you tomorrow.”
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