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One of the three rookies to make his debut this season nikita mazapin or masaspin as he’s more commonly known has earned quite a reputation for himself in such a short span of time while he’s not a terrible driver mazapin has faced severe flack for his performance or rather lack of performance on track as well as for his actions outside of racing his status as a
Paid driver has made many question if he deserves to be in formula one due to his father’s sponsorship despite having done well by himself in formula 2. besides the russian is not only the driver on the grid at the moment who has benefited from his father’s fortunes of course we’re looking at you lan stroll and nicholas latifi so why is mazapin in particular so
Disliked by the f1 community to answer that let’s take a look at what formula one drivers think of nikita mazapin the son of a russian oligarch nikita masapin did not directly make his way into the highest form of racing without any merit before he could race in f1 masapin was a russian cutting champion and had participated in plenty of fia sanctioned cutting
Series finishing second behind lando norris in the 2014 cik fia cutting championship he later took part in the gp3 series finishing second the asian f3 championship finishing third and finally raced in formula 2 series where he would finish fifth in the driver’s standings ultimately he got the opportunity to drive for the house team alongside mick schumacher in
The 2021 season so without wasting any more time let’s jump right in with our first entry on this list nicholas kieza a former f1 driver who was part of the minardi and jordan racing teams back in the early 2000s spoke about masapin’s doings saying masapan disrespects the agreement made between drivers especially in qualifying when it comes to your behavior and
Conduct on the track it makes a difference to know that whatever you do dad is always going to keep paying kieza is known for partnering yoswa staffonet minardi but had a short-lived stint in f1 having been a part of only five grand pries fewer than mazapin in fact the danish driver had some more thoughts to share about masapin’s attitude quoting you definitely
Can’t have that mentality when you come from scandinavian countries we have to behave properly and not do too much on our own initiative until we’ve earned enough money to be able to say okay i’m good enough geezer clearly believes that masapan does not take his position seriously since it’s given that he will retain a seat no matter how badly he does only because
Of his father’s financial support mikasalo the finnish driver was active throughout the 1990s having driven for teams like lotus tyrol ferrari and salva his most notable performance would be during the 1999 season where he stood in for michael schumacher who at the time was recovering from a debilitating injury talking about how masapin has done so far sarlo who
At first was critical of the house driver later changed his opinion about him stating at the time we didn’t know their car was going that bad it’s just a terrible car nikita has learned a lot since then and is now riding very well everything is much better than in the first race salah also commented about why he thought mazapin and his teammate mick schumacher
Frequently collided despite being far behind mentioning it’s not normal but when your car doesn’t work very well the only one you can fight with is your teammate they’re almost three seconds slower than all the others so it’s quite logical that they’re almost always next to each other on the track nikita is now almost matching mick in terms of speed that is why
They’re constantly facing each other ralph schumacher brother of the racing legend michael schumacher and a highly accomplished racing driver himself ralph schumacher has been quite vocal about masapan’s abilities as a driver ralph’s nephew mick is nikita’s teammate at hass and has often suffered on track due to his teammates mistakes voicing his opinions on the
Young russian ralph said if you look at the russians performance this cannot be a reason relation to mick in addition the sympathy and marketing effect when mick is better and nikita isn’t anywhere near mick anyway ralph has been quite harsh towards mazapin at one point even wishing for the driver to exit the sport at the earliest saying exclusion of nikita during
The current season is not an alternative because massapen brings a lot of money to the team in my opinion financial interest can be the only reason why the team boss keeps standing in front of nikita nikita however has remained unfazed by the elder schumacher’s taunt and hit back of the xf1 driver expressing it’s not right for current and former racing drivers to
Put themselves above the commissioners and say what should have been done they don’t have any rights at the same time i respect the rules very much jolian palmer f1 driver turned commentator come analyst jolie and palmer is wildly popular for his breakdown of racing incident as well as his views about the various ongoings during most race weekend at the season
Opened in bahrain palmer was among the first to criticize masapin announcing oh dear oh no so mazapin has broken the gentleman’s code of basically wait your turn and everyone gets a lap he’s gone past all the champions into the final corner and then he’s got down to that first corner and spun way to make yourself public enemy number one on your debut a few months
Down the line palmer has started to sympathize with masapin unlike many other critics out there commenting on a radio broadcast of toto wolff’s complaint about nikita palmer said we know the narrative against mazapin comes in with huge backing he’s not the most popular driver and is not doing well we all know nikita has made the bad boy a while back so for sure
F1 always broadcast their comments about him because people like to listen to it if they broadcast nice and sweet things said about other people then nobody would care so i think it’s a little bit attention grabbing from their side but we’re part of the racing show business so it’s part of it teemo glock the german driver drove an f1 all the way from 2008 until
The 2013 season for toyota virgin racing and marusia glock though is truly remembered for helping hamilton win the 2008 season finale by letting the championship contender pass him on the final lap and win by a single point recently glock spoke about nikita masapin and his behaviour on track with teammate mick during the dutch gp at sandvolt the problem is at the
Moment they don’t take action against massapen until it’s too late you’re too late if someone hits him and flies into the air if that happens at the wrong time like in zanvort then mick flies into the pit wall i would take action in a timely manner and if he still doesn’t understand it then give him a race suspension said glock about what he felt should have been
To deal with mazapin he further went on to elaborate on the 22 year olds mistakes revealing a lot of things come together with him it seems as if he’s overwhelmed blue flags reading situations many things that he misjudges the error rate speaks for itself genten button now a racing pundit the 2009 world champion has spent most of his time outside of the sport as
A commentator for sky tv talking about how mazapin has driven in various races button seemed quite incensed and has some strong words for the rookie declaring it was a little bit too aggressive from masapin it doesn’t matter what happened in qualifying and it shouldn’t affect the way you drive in the race and if it does you’re in the wrong sport because this is a
Dangerous sport he also added a few words of advice for the russian driver who has been on the receiving end of a lot of fault finding by other drivers mentioning a team makes mistakes we all make mistakes even your teammates but it’s about how you react to these mistakes that makes you the person and the racing driver that you are you just have to talk something out
Discuss the problems and then you come to the track the next day and it should be a new day looking ahead lastly button gave his judgment about nikita saying if he wants to have a long career in formula one then he has to change his mind he’s way too aggressive he can do it do not react to such a situation it’s common knowledge at this point that the hass team’s
Cars are widely uncompetitive yet masapan has braved through a lot of hate unlike his teammate mick even before he could make his f1 debut this is primarily due to a groping incident that went viral on social media as well as prior altercations during his f3 campaign moreover his ability to spin in nearly every race does him no favors things do seem to be getting
Better for masapin however as he slowly started to improve on track and even showed his softer side while breaking down after a poor performance in brazil these days he does seem to have turned a new leaf and he might just be on his way to redeem himself and prove his critics wrong let us know what are your thoughts about nikita masapin and if you like this video
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