Nikita Mazepin | |
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Nationality | Russian[a] |
Born | Nikita Dmitryevich Mazepin 2 March 1999 Moscow, Russia |
Asian Le Mans Series career | |
Debut season | 2023 |
Current team | 99 Racing |
Racing licence | FIA Platinum |
Car number | 99 |
Starts | 7 |
Wins | 2 |
Podiums | 5 |
Poles | 2 |
Fastest laps | 1 |
Best finish | 4th in 2023, 2023–24 |
Previous series | |
2021 2019–2020 2018 2016–17 2015–16 2015 2015 2014–15 | FIA Formula One World Championship FIA Formula 2 Championship GP3 Series FIA Formula 3 European Championship Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 Formula Renault 2.0 NEC Toyota Racing Series MRF Challenge |
Formula One World Championship career | |
Active years | 2021 |
Teams | Haas |
Car number | 9 |
Entries | 22 (21 starts) |
Wins | 0 |
Podiums | 0 |
Career points | 0 |
Pole positions | 0 |
Fastest laps | 0 |
First entry | 2021 Bahrain Grand Prix |
Last entry | 2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix |
Nikita Dmitryevich Mazepin (Russian: Ники́та Дми́триевич Мазе́пин, IPA: [nʲɪˈkʲitə ˈdmʲɪtrʲɪjɪvʲɪtɕ mɐˈzʲepʲɪn]; born 2 March 1999) is a Russian racing driver, who most recently competed under a neutral flag in the 2023–24 Asian Le Mans Series for 99 Racing. Mazepin competed in Formula One in 2021.
Mazepin is the son of Belarusian-Russian oligarch Dmitry Mazepin, owner of Uralchem. After finishing runner-up to Lando Norris at the direct-drive Karting World Championship in 2014, Mazepin graduated from karting to junior formulae. Following a season in Formula Renault 2.0, he progressed to the FIA Formula 3 European Championship in 2016, finishing tenth the following season. Mazepin then competed in the GP3 Series in 2018, finishing runner-up to Anthoine Hubert in his rookie season with ART Grand Prix. He also finished third in the 2019–20 F3 Asian Championship. Graduating to Formula 2 in 2019, Mazepin finished fifth in 2020 with Hitech Grand Prix.
A test driver for Force India from 2016 to 2018, Mazepin topped the Barcelona in-season test in 2019 with Mercedes, driving the W10.[2] Mazepin signed for Haas in 2021 to partner Mick Schumacher, making his Formula One debut at the Bahrain Grand Prix under a neutral flag representing the Russian Automobile Federation.[a] After crashing out on lap one of his debut race, Haas failed to score points all season with the VF-21, with Mazepin finishing a career-best 14th in Azerbaijan. He made his final Formula One start in Saudi Arabia, withdrawing from the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix with COVID-19. Despite having a multi-year contract signed with Haas, Mazepin—alongside Russian sponsor Uralkali—was dropped for the 2022 season following the Russian Invasion of Ukraine, resulting in two years of arbitration and legal proceedings.[3][4][5][6]
Outside of Formula One, Mazepin founded the Jordanian-British sports car racing team 99 Racing in 2022. With the team, he has competed in the Asian Le Mans Series since 2023, where he is a race-winner. In rally raid, Mazepin topped his class at the Silk Way Rally in 2022.[7]
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