Nikita Mazepin Believes Mick Schumacher Also Feeling ‘Intense’ F1 Debut

Nikita Mazepin hasn’t got the start that he wanted in his debut season in Formula One. The rookie driver struggled in the first two races of the season. Mazepin further states that his German teammate, Mick Schumacher, is in the same boat as him.

Mazepin would like to forget the Bahrain GP as he crashed in the opening laps of the race which saw him retire. He didn’t have a good race at Imola as well as he crossed the line in 17th place.

The Russian driver would like to break the streak of bad luck in the third race in Portugal. He is looking to improve and learn from his mistakes in his first season of F1 and will look to beat Schumacher Jr.

Nikita Mazepin feels that Mick Schumacher is in the same place as him

As quoted by Motorsport.Total.com, Mazepin said, “We’re both in the same situation. So far, Formula 1 has been surprisingly intense for me. Of course, I knew it was intense. But the two qualifying sessions I’ve had so far were pretty hectic.”

“There’s less time and a lot of things happen. It’s a big learning curve. The [learning] curve is currently up. But there is still a lot of work to be done,” he concluded. (Translated from German via Google)

Team boss, Steiner, states that Mazepin is too harsh on himself

The season so far for the Haas rookie driver has been on a downhill. The 22-year-old has been left chasing the pack and having a difficult time around the track. Steiner has told that the Russian isn’t easy on himself and wants to improve.

The team principal said, “Obviously he was a beat up boy, everybody beats up on him but that makes it tough on him. In the end you come out on a better side; you just need to keep your head up, focus on the next race and keep on going, and that’s what he did.”

“Because he sees he’s improving and he’s learning. That’s the only thing you can do in this situation – just keep on going – knowing that things went wrong but he can do better,” Steiner concluded.

Mazepin would hope that his season improves and learn a lot from his debut year. He hopes to make amends and aims for a better result at Portugal for the third round of the championship.

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