Nikita Mazepin on his debut F1 season, racing Mick Schumacher and learning with Haas

F1 Beyond The Grid

karenellenbevan

Leisure, Sports News, News, Sports, Automotive

4.7 • 5.3K Ratings

🗓️ 22 September 2021

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Nikita Mazepin has spent his first year in Formula 1 fighting at the back of the field. He has big ambitions, and is determined to get to the front. Ahead of the 2021 Russian Grand Prix, he tells Tom Clarkson how he’s finding the ‘huge step’ from Formula 2 to Formula 1, and what he’s learning on and off track. Plus, Mazepin explains his long competitive relationship with Haas teammate Mick Schumacher, and remembers how he left Russia to pursue his driving career, with his father by his side since his very first race.

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0:30.8	I'm very competitive. I want to win and everything I do.
0:35.8	I think that's why I'm in this sport and that's why I've gotten to Formula One.
0:39.8	Welcome everyone to Beyond the Grid with me Tom Clarkson.
0:52.8	The Formula One world descends on Sochi this week for the Russian Grand Prix.
0:58.8	So what better time to speak to the country's only current driver on the grid?
1:03.8	He's racing the house in his debut season.
1:06.8	And the man I'm talking about is of course Nikita Mazepin.
1:10.8	Nikita is a race winner in GP3 and Formula 2.
1:14.3	But his early races in Formula One were tough.
1:17.3	And the gap to teammate Mick Schumacher was bigger than many people expected.
1:21.8	Myself included.
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