Emilia Romagna GP: Mazepin Annoyed by Mick Schumacher’s F1 Laptimes at Imola

Nikita Mazepin didn’t have the best time around the track during the practice sessions on Friday. The Haas driver didn’t want to talk about his teammate’s timings during FP2 on Friday.

In the first practice session of the day, the Russian driver had spun and crashed near the pit entry. He managed to put in a lap time of  1.18. 832. While in Fp2 Mazepin was bottom of the timings with a lap time of  1.17.857.

The team are realistic heading into the second weekend of the season. The American-owned team hopes that they can achieve a better result on Sunday’s race.

Nikita Mazepin doesn’t want to talk about Mick Schumacher

In the second practice session on Friday, Mazepin didn’t have the best of times as he zipped around the track. On being told where he could improve on his timings like Schumacher. He simply said he would talk about it after the session is done.

Mazepin said, “let’s talk about it after the run“. Mick had a time of 1.17.350, while his Russian teammate was bottom of the timesheet with just 1.17.857.

Haas boss stated that Mazepin is trying too hard

Imola was Nikita’s chance at redemption after a horrible weekend in Bahrain. However, in the first practice session, he spun and crashed into the wall near the pit entry. Guenther Steiner said Mazepin should know when he has hit his limit and not push too hard.

After FP1. Steiner commented, “I mean at some stage they need to be reduced but he’s trying very hard and I guess he’s trying sometimes a little bit too hard but he needs to find that limit.”

“That’s for him to find, and as for him to find we can help him doing that. It’s one of those things I’ve said before: Learning is painful, it comes with pain and at some stage that will hopefully stop, and he’ll be in a good place.” He concluded.

The qualifying round that will set the grid for tomorrow’s race begins today. Haas and Mazepin will do the best they can to make sure they can minimize the errors and extract the most out of the car. The team hopes to do a better job and maybe score some points.

Also Read: “My Races Are Not Boring to Watch” – Nikita Mazepin

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