Nikita Mazepin Doesn't Deserve A Formula 1 Seat
Photo: Haas F1
Russian racing driver Nikita Dmitryevich Mazepin, 21, was signed by the Haas Formula 1 team a week ago to drive one of its cars for the 2021 season. On December 1st, Mazepin, who finished fifth in the 2020 FIA Formula 2 points standings and won two races, thanked the team for putting its trust in him. One week later, that trust was betrayed, and the reputation of the team, as well as the whole of Formula 1, was put at risk by his actions.
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In a video — since deleted — posted to Mazepin’s Instagram stories at approximately 4:30 in the morning local UAE time, the young Russian filmed himself in the passenger seat of a moving car reaching into the back seat to grope a visibly intoxicated woman. The woman tries to block this action and crosses her arms in front of herself to prevent him from doing this.