Nikita Mazepin Against F1 Gentlemen’s Agreement Following the Norris Incident During Spanish GP Qualifying

Nikita Mazepin has certainly had a horrendous start to his F1 campaign, invariably suffering spins, collisions, and most importantly, penalties.

And the scorn against the Russian rookie has intensified further following yet another poor show in Spain’s qualifying session. Following the session, Mazepin went on to criticize the F1’s gentlemen’s agreement, which he breached during Q1.

Mazepin’s call that impeded Norris

It isn’t just Mazepin’s performance that’s causing the hate to flare up, but also his measly blunders that are affecting the surrounding drivers.

And this time, the victim turned out to be Lando Norris. During Q1, Mazepin impeded the fast-approaching McLaren around the final corner, which ultimately wrecked the latter’s lap.

Unsurprisingly, the stewards took note of the incident and summoned the duo following the session. And what was the end result?

Well, like rubbing salt in the wound, the already last-placed Mazepin was handed a 3-place grid penalty. And in addition to that, the stewards also handed the Haas driver another penalty point to his record. With this, Mazepin is just 10 points away from suffering a race ban.

What did the Haas F1 driver say?

As reported by Autosport, Mazepin opened up about the gentlemen’s agreement doesn’t seem to work anymore in Formula 1.

“Well, if I’m not mistaken, somebody from this call previously was asking about the driver’s gentlemen’s agreement into the last corner in Bahrain. I think it was a very prime example of that not sort of working in Formula 1,” he said.

“I was really trying to keep to it, ever since I took note of it. But it is very difficult when two cars overtake you going into the last corner, which is very slow and tight.

“With the length of a car, which is two and a half metres, you just cannot put a third car there, and especially if the fourth car is arriving at full speed. So, I didn’t feel like boxing up behind was an option. Because that would have left my rear end on the racing line.”

Starting with Antonio Giovinazzi in Imola, followed by Sergio Perez in Portugal, and now Charles Leclerc and Lando Norris in Spain this weekend, Mazepin is steadily losing his respect amongst the F1 pack.

Hence, there is a huge task ahead for Mazepin in reviving his dignity, but will he go for it? Or will he continue tarnishing his image in F1?

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