Formula One team Haas has tapped Danish driver Kevin Magnussen as their replacement for the Russian driver, Nikita Mazepin, who was sacked last week as a response to Russia’s unprovoked invasion of neighboring Ukraine. Magnussen, 29, is familiar with the USA-based Haas, having driven for them from 2017 to 2020 before the team replaced him […]
Nikita Mazepin’s Formula One career is over just as quickly as it begun after the USA-based Haas team sacked the Russian driver as a result of his country’s unprovoked invasion of neighboring Ukraine. Haas has terminated the contract of their title sponsor, the Russian chemicals company, Uralkali – which is part-owned by Mazepin’s billionaire father, […]
The future remains clouded for Russian Formula One driver Nikita Mazepin, who drives for the Haas team, would be required by the FiA to sign a neutrality document [like all drivers] if he were to remain in Formula 1 for the 2022 season, due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Mazepin is on the Haas […]
The FiA – the governing body of Formula One – has decided is to currently allow Russian competitors to take part in international events despite the country’s invasion of Ukraine, but that any Russian or Belarussian drivers would have to compete in a neutral capacity. However, Motorsports UK responded by issuing their own directive banning […]
After four-time Formula One world champion Sebastian Vettel said he would not be going to the race, Formula 1 finally issued an official statement that the 2022 Russian Grand Prix has been cancelled as a consequence of the Russian invasion of Ukraine – with the F1 statement saying “that it is impossible to hold the […]
Haas has launched their car for the 2021 Formula One season with Russian driver Nikita Mazepin and Mick Schumacher – son of Formula 1 legend, Michael – behind the wheels of the two cars. The 22-year-old Mazepin Haas is primarily in one of the driver’s seats due to the fact that Haas’s new main sponsor […]
Haas has named 21-year-old Russian Nikita Mazepin as a new driver for the team in 2021. Mazepin is currently third in Formula 2 standings and has signed a “multi-year deal”, assisted by the fact that his father is a petrochemical billionaire. Meanwhile, Haas will replace Romain Grosjean at the 2020 Sakhir Grand Prix with Brazilian […]