Nikita Mazepin
| Born | Nikita Dmitryevich Mazepin 2 March 1999 Moscow, Russia |
|---|---|
| Formula One World Championship career | |
| Nationality | Neutral competitor[a] |
| Car number | 9 |
| FIA Formula 2 Championship career | |
| Debut season | 2019 |
| Current team | Hitech Grand Prix |
| Car number | 24 |
| Former teams | ART Grand Prix |
| Starts | 46 (48 entries) |
| Wins | 2 |
| Podiums | 6 |
| Poles | 2[b] |
| Fastest laps | 2 |
| Best finish | 5th in 2020 |
| Previous series | |
| 2018 2016–17 2015–16 2015 2015 2014–15 | GP3 Series FIA Formula 3 European Championship Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 Formula Renault 2.0 NEC Toyota Racing Series MRF Challenge |
Nikita Dmitryevich Mazepin (Russian: Ники́та Дми́триевич Мазе́пин, IPA: [nʲɪkʲɪˈta dˈmʲɪtrʲɪvʲɪtɕ mɐˈzʲepʲɪn]; born 2 March 1999) is a Russian racing driver who is due to race for the Haas F1 Team in the 2021 Formula One World Championship.[4] He previously competed in the FIA Formula 2 Championship for Hitech Racing.[5][6]
Career
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Formula 3 European Championship
In 2016, Mazepin competed in the 2016 FIA Formula 3 European Championship for Hitech Grand Prix. It was a disappointing season in which he managed four points-scoring finishes and finished 20th in the championship, the lowest position of a driver competing at every race. After being blocked during a session by Callum Ilott, Mazepin got into an altercation with the other driver, during which he hit him in the face, resulting in a ban from the first race of the Hungaroring meeting. The sanction itself was controversial, with Frits van Amersfoort, boss of Ilott's team, believing the decision to be too lenient, calling it "a ridiculous decision by the stewards".[7][8] Nonetheless, Mazepin was retained for another season. He improved a lot compared to his first season, scoring 108 points and finishing on the podium on three occasions. He finished one place behind teammate Ralf Aron, who was ninth.
GP3
In 2018 Mazepin moved to GP3, to race for ART Grand Prix alongside Callum Ilott, Jake Hughes and eventual champion Anthoine Hubert. He won four races, the most of any driver that year, and finished second in the championship, only 16 points behind Hubert. Furthermore, he helped his team secure the title in the team championship.
FIA Formula 2 Championship
In 2019, Mazepin progressed to Formula 2 to partner Nyck de Vries at ART Grand Prix. His season was marked by causing an accident with Nobuharu Matsushita in the sprint race at the Sochi Autodrom. While his teammate ended up winning the championship, Mazepin's end result was 18th place with 11 points.
In 2020, he signed for the new Hitech Grand Prix Team to drive alongside Italian Luca Ghiotto. His first podium came at the Hungaroring with second place, before taking his first F2 victory in Britain. Mazepin also won the feature race at Mugello. On the final lap of the Belgian feature race, he pushed Carlin Motorsport driver Yuki Tsunoda wide, and was given a five second time penalty, denying him victory.[citation needed]
Formula One
Haas (2021–)
Mazepin is due to join Haas F1 Team for 2021 on a multi-year deal.[4]
Personal life
He is the son of Dmitry Mazepin, who is the core shareholder and chairman of the Uralchem Integrated Chemicals Company.[9]
On 9 December 2020, Mazepin posted an Instagram story in which he appeared to inappropriately grope a woman's breasts.[10][11] In a statement, the Haas F1 Team rebuked Mazepin's actions and called the video "abhorrent". Mazepin also released an apology, stating "I have to hold myself to a higher standard as a Formula 1 driver and I acknowledge I have let myself and many people down", but the apology was deleted nine days later.[12][13] The woman in the video defended Mazepin and labelled his actions as a joke between the two.[14][15] The woman has since posted content on her own social media stating "never let them touch you again or be disrespectful to you" and the two have since unfollowed each other.[16]
Racing record
Career summary
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | FLaps | Podiums | Points | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014–15 | MRF Challenge Formula 2000 | MRF Racing | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 36 | 10th |
| 2015 | Formula Renault 2.0 NEC | Josef Kaufmann Racing | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 125.5 | 12th |
| Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | NC† | ||
| Toyota Racing Series | ETEC Motorsport | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 304 | 18th | |
| 2016 | FIA Formula 3 European Championship | Hitech GP | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 20th |
| Macau Grand Prix | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | DNF | ||
| Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 | AVF by Adrián Vallés | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 16th | |
| BRDC British Formula 3 Championship | Carlin | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 51 | 23rd | |
| 2017 | FIA Formula 3 European Championship | Hitech GP | 30 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 108 | 10th |
| 2018 | GP3 Series | ART Grand Prix | 18 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 198 | 2nd |
| 2019 | FIA Formula 2 Championship | ART Grand Prix | 22 | 0 | 2[b] | 0 | 0 | 11 | 18th |
| 2019–20 | F3 Asian Championship | Hitech Grand Prix | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 186 | 3rd |
| 2020 | FIA Formula 2 Championship | Hitech Grand Prix | 24 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 164 | 5th |
| 2021 | Formula One | Haas F1 Team | 0 | 21st |
† As Mazepin was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.
* Season still in progress.
Complete FIA Formula 3 European Championship results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Hitech GP | Mercedes | LEC 1 19 |
LEC 2 12 |
LEC 3 10 |
HUN 1 EX |
HUN 2 Ret |
HUN 3 13 |
PAU 1 16 |
PAU 2 13 |
PAU 3 Ret |
RBR 1 14 |
RBR 2 17 |
RBR 3 14 |
NOR 1 11 |
NOR 2 11 |
NOR 3 11 |
ZAN 1 17 |
ZAN 2 15 |
ZAN 3 17 |
SPA 1 12 |
SPA 2 Ret |
SPA 3 8 |
NÜR 1 16 |
NÜR 2 14 |
NÜR 3 16 |
IMO 1 13 |
IMO 2 11 |
IMO 3 15 |
HOC 1 8 |
HOC 2 10 |
HOC 3 Ret |
20th | 10 |
| 2017 | Hitech GP | Mercedes | SIL 1 Ret |
SIL 2 15 |
SIL 3 7 |
MNZ 1 11 |
MNZ 2 10 |
MNZ 3 11 |
PAU 1 4 |
PAU 2 7 |
PAU 3 Ret |
HUN 1 12 |
HUN 2 11 |
HUN 3 10 |
NOR 1 10 |
NOR 2 18 |
NOR 3 10 |
SPA 1 2 |
SPA 2 7 |
SPA 3 11 |
ZAN 1 11 |
ZAN 2 11 |
ZAN 3 10 |
NÜR 1 Ret |
NÜR 2 11 |
NÜR 3 16 |
RBR 1 Ret |
RBR 2 3 |
RBR 3 2 |
HOC 1 6 |
HOC 2 6 |
HOC 3 7 |
10th | 108 |
Complete GP3 Series results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | Pos | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | ART Grand Prix | CAT FEA 1 |
CAT SPR 10 |
LEC FEA 2 |
LEC SPR 5 |
RBR FEA 13 |
RBR SPR 7 |
SIL FEA 2 |
SIL SPR 7 |
HUN FEA 1 |
HUN SPR 12 |
SPA FEA 5 |
SPA SPR 1 |
MNZ FEA 5 |
MNZ SPR 3 |
SOC FEA 2 |
SOC SPR Ret |
YMC FEA 5 |
YMC SPR 1 |
2nd | 198 |
Complete FIA Formula 2 Championship results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate points for the fastest lap of top ten finishers)
| Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | ART Grand Prix | BHR FEA 19 |
BHR SPR 13 |
BAK FEA 8 |
BAK SPR Ret |
CAT FEA 17 |
CAT SPR 14 |
MON FEA 10 |
MON SPR 8 |
LEC FEA Ret |
LEC SPR 16 |
RBR FEA 12 |
RBR SPR 11 |
SIL FEA 16† |
SIL SPR 12 |
HUN FEA 12 |
HUN SPR 15 |
SPA FEA C |
SPA SPR C |
MNZ FEA 11 |
MNZ SPR 9 |
SOC FEA 8 |
SOC SPR Ret |
YMC FEA 10 |
YMC SPR 17† |
18th | 11 |
| 2020 | Hitech Grand Prix | RBR1 FEA 14 |
RBR1 SPR 10 |
RBR2 FEA 14 |
RBR2 SPR 8 |
HUN FEA 2 |
HUN SPR 5 |
SIL1 FEA 1 |
SIL1 SPR 5 |
SIL2 FEA 4 |
SIL2 SPR 8 |
CAT FEA 13 |
CAT SPR 6 |
SPA FEA 2 |
SPA SPR 4 |
MNZ FEA NC |
MNZ SPR 8 |
MUG FEA 1 |
MUG SPR 18 |
SOC FEA 7 |
SOC SPR 2 |
BHR1 FEA 5 |
BHR1 SPR 2 |
BHR2 FEA 9 |
BHR2 SPR 9 |
5th | 164 |
† Did not finish, but was classified as he had completed more than 90% of the race distance.
* Season still in progress.
Complete Formula One results
| Year | Entrant | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | WDC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Haas F1 Team | TBA | Ferrari | BHR | EMI | TBA | ESP | MON | AZE | CAN | FRA | AUT | GBR | HUN | BEL | NED | ITA | RUS | SIN | JPN | USA | MEX | SAP | AUS | SAU | ABU | – | – |
Notes
- ^ Nikita Mazepin is Russian, but he will compete under a neutral flag as the Court of Arbitration for Sport upheld a ban on Russia competing at World Championships. The ban was implemented by the World Anti-Doping Agency in response to state-sponsored doping program of Russian athletes.[1]
- ^ a b 0 poles achieved during qualifying, and 2 poles given as a result of the reverse grid in the sprint race.[2]
References
- ^ Luke Smith (5 February 2021). "Mazepin set to race under neutral flag after CAS ruling extends to F1". Motorsport.com. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
- ^ "Formula 2 poles". results.motorsportstats.com. Motorsport Stats. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
- ^ "Haas sign F2 racer Nikita Mazepin for 2021 on multi-year deal". Liberty Media. 1 December 2020.
- ^ a b "Haas sign F2 racer Nikita Mazepin for 2021 on multi-year deal". Liberty Media. 1 December 2020.
- ^ Allen, Peter (18 December 2015). "Nikita Mazepin steps up to F1 with Haas F1 Team". Paddock Scout. Retrieved 18 December 2015.
- ^ "Force India confirms Mazepin Silverstone test". speedcafe.com. Speedcafe. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
- ^ "Nikita Mazepin banned for altercation in European Formula 3 paddock". autosport.com. Autosport. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
- ^ "Driver Banned From First F3 Race For Punching Rival In The Face". wtf1.com. wtf1. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
- ^ Boren, Cindy (9 December 2020). "Formula One driver apologizes for groping a woman in a video he posted on social media". The Washington Post. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
- ^ de Menezes, Jack (9 December 2020). "F1 driver apologises for 'abhorrent' behaviour after posting video of himself groping woman". The Independent. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
- ^ "Haas condemn F1 driver Nikita Mazepin's 'abhorrent' Instagram video". The Guardian. PA Media. 9 December 2020. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
- ^ "Haas condemns 'abhorrent' video from Mazepin". ESPN. 9 December 2020. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
- ^ "Fresh criticism for Mazepin after apology deleted". F1 News by PlanetF1. 18 December 2020. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
- ^ Loisy, Guillaume (9 December 2020). "F1 : Nikita Mazepin embarrasse l'écurie Haas avec une vidéo au parfum de scandale - Formule 1 - Auto/Moto". Le Figaro (in French). Retrieved 9 December 2020.
- ^ Choudhry, Sabah (10 December 2020). "Haas F1 condemn Russian driver Nikita Mazepin over 'abhorrent' Instagram video". Sky News. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
- ^ "Criticism of Mazepin grows after apology is deleted". www.gpblog.com. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
External links
- Official website
- Nikita Mazepin career summary at DriverDB.com
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