“The Streets Will Never Forget” – F1 Twitter goes insane as Mazepin wins the fastest lap award at the Belgian GP

The Belgian GP was one for the books. So short and yet so long at the same time. On the two laps of the race behind the safety car, however, something strange happened. The scoreboard glowed purple as Nikita Mazepin set the fastest lap.

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Shortly after the start of the race, the red flag was called; the track was too wet for a real race. When Masi called for the restart of the race, Mazepin unexpectedly drives home with the fastest lap. However, he did not get the point, finished the race in 17th place, but still had the right to brag about this performance.

Happy nonetheless, Haas F1 released a rare picture of a happy Russian with the addition of the Rolex Fastest Lap Award tag.

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A Williams on the podium and a Haas with the fastest lap, the second half couldn’t get any crazier. As expected, Twitter had a great day.

New chassis magic for Nikita Mazepin?

Haas gave the Russian a new chassis for the Belgian GP. In Austria, Mazepin complained about the disadvantage that he had a heavier chassis than his team-mate. Haas confirmed before this weekend that they were investigating the problem and provided Mazepin with a new chassis.

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Team boss Günther Steiner wasn’t sure whether it would make a difference. Steiner said: “It’s a homologated chassis. So it will be very similar … But in terms of performance, I mean we’ll see if there is a difference. “

Formula 1 F1 – Belgian Grand Prix – Spa-Francorchamps, Spa, Belgium – August 28, 2021 Haas’ Nikita Mazepin during practice REUTERS / Johanna Geron

Steiner argued that they will only see the effects of the change on the track. Since there weren’t many races at Spa, it is unclear whether the pace was due to the chassis or whether other drivers drove extremely carefully.

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Either way, it’s a Maze win for Nikita, especially in his rookie season. When the internet takes over the Belgian GP, ​​the Nikita Mazepin memes will no doubt make it. The streets will never be forgotten – at least for now.

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