Haas chose Russia’s Nikita Mazepin
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Russia’s Nikita Mazepin will drive for Haas F1 Team, in a multi-year deal starting with the 2021 FIA Formula 1 World Championship.
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Russia’s Nikita Mazepin will drive for Haas F1 Team, in a multi-year deal starting with the 2021 FIA Formula 1 World Championship.
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geeks said:
EDLT said:
Smollet said:
Meh driver imgo. Does he have more money than Perez??
Different league. Dmitry Mazepin net worth $7.1 billion, Lawrence Stroll a mere $2.6 billion.Piginapoke said:
It's better than no Haas at all I suppose, which I guess was the alternative
Quite. And will be good to see two rookies straight from F2 in the same car - perhaps the best use of the otherwise fairly uninspiring Haas car..All assuming their other driver is MS of course!
If these guys had done nothing in other series then perhaps it would be a problem but they have and Stroll has been on the podium which is much more than many other F1 drivers over the years.
At the end of the day what is the difference between getting sponsored directly by a parent or by a huge corporation? No-one gets to F1 without huge amounts of money from someone at some point in their career. The days of people being able to mortgage their house and sell their car to get on the grid are long, long gone.
At the end of the day what is the difference between getting sponsored directly by a parent or by a huge corporation? No-one gets to F1 without huge amounts of money from someone at some point in their career. The days of people being able to mortgage their house and sell their car to get on the grid are long, long gone.
Kraken said:
If these guys had done nothing in other series then perhaps it would be a problem but they have and Stroll has been on the podium which is much more than many other F1 drivers over the years.
At the end of the day what is the difference between getting sponsored directly by a parent or by a huge corporation? No-one gets to F1 without huge amounts of money from someone at some point in their career. The days of people being able to mortgage their house and sell their car to get on the grid are long, long gone.
there are far more talented drivers who can't get a drive because of this. How can F1 be called the pinnacle of motorsport if it doesn't have the best driversAt the end of the day what is the difference between getting sponsored directly by a parent or by a huge corporation? No-one gets to F1 without huge amounts of money from someone at some point in their career. The days of people being able to mortgage their house and sell their car to get on the grid are long, long gone.
PorkInsider said:
Won't it be great if we get to the point where the majority of F1 drivers are there only because their parents are wealthy enough to buy the team/drive for them.
Get to that point? It's been that way since day one. Expensive business F1, expensive even to get a shot at maybe getting taken seriously in the lower series. Naturally that means most coming up the ranks do have wealthy parents and at the extreme enough wealth to perhaps buy a seat. Although in reality the parents company tends to buy the seat by sponsoring it...It's not a great practice, actively selling seats granted - but it is also a practice that is limited to the lower end of the grid in general, most seats are in fact still earned one way or another. No reason to expect that situation should change.
Mark13 said:
I am not sure why people are picking on Perez, who merits a drive in F1.
Any drivers finishing top 6 in a feeder Formula are legitimately in the running for a seat.
IMO the likes of Vettel should be thinking of retirement after his woeful efforts this season.
Quite right ref feeder series. No matter how deep the pockets of your backer, you don't put a foot on the podium with cash alone Any drivers finishing top 6 in a feeder Formula are legitimately in the running for a seat.
IMO the likes of Vettel should be thinking of retirement after his woeful efforts this season.
Adrian W said:
there are far more talented drivers who can't get a drive because of this. How can F1 be called the pinnacle of motorsport if it doesn't have the best drivers
When has it? There has always been a limited number of seats and the car has been way more important than the driver for decades. The worst driver on the grid would have a chance in the best car but the best driver in the worst car wouldn't have a prayer.Off the top of my head I can think of four drivers from just one very small country that could be front runners in F1 if they had the chance.
At the end of the day it looks two of the top three drivers in F2 will be in F1 next year and isn't that the way it's supposed to work?
By all accounts he's an absolute lunatic with a nasty temperament. Should make things interesting, especially if the Haas performs as "well" as it has this season...! Fully expect to see Mazepin and Gunther having a proper sweary set-to in front of the cameras.
I'd much rather have seen Perez get a drive though.
I'd much rather have seen Perez get a drive though.
Jonny_ said:
By all accounts he's an absolute lunatic with a nasty temperament. Should make things interesting, especially if the Haas performs as "well" as it has this season...! Fully expect to see Mazepin and Gunther having a proper sweary set-to in front of the cameras.
I'd much rather have seen Perez get a drive though.
Some of the stuff on twitter would suggest he's as much of a tI'd much rather have seen Perez get a drive though.
t as he looks in his photos. I thought it might be just unlucky photos making him look that way... perhaps not.
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