#WeSayNoToMazepin
Drivers have often received hate when they arrive in F1, either because they are too young or because they are classified to be a "pay driver". But over a period that hate morphs into respect and love. I doubt any driver that is about to step into the whirlwind that is F1 has ever received as much hate as this driver has. As some of you might have already guessed I am talking about the one and only, NIKITA MAZEPIN. So, who is Nikita Mazepin? Nikita Dmitryevich Mazepin is a Russian born racing driver who was born on 2nd March 1999. He is the son of Russian billionaire Dmitry Arkadievichi Mazepin who placed a bid to purchase the F1 team Force India before it was sold to Lawrence Stroll (Father of F1 driver Lance Stroll.) With money comes a lot of opportunities in a sport like F1. So Nikita managed to bag himself a 12-day test programme in the Mercedes W-8. Former Force India team principal, Vijay Mallya, was also full of praise for his test driver, saying " Nikita h...