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MAZEPIN warned that his UNSPORTING behavior would not be tolerated

Nikita Mazepin received a black-and-white flag at the Russian Grand Prix in Sochi because he dangerously threatened Yuki Tsunodo, Michael Masi, and the FIA ​​race director warned the Russian racer that his behavior would not be tolerated.

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In the race v Russia there was a duel between Yuki Tsunodowho wanted to overtake Nikita Mazepina. But a team racer Haas responded again by changing direction at the last minute and Japanese pushed dangerously against the guardrail. Mick Schumacher, Mazepin’s teammate, could have already written a book about it.

The leadership of the race is Mazepina immediately a warning of his dangerous acts and showed him black and white flag. Michael Massi, The FIA ​​director of racing, said such unsportsmanlike moves would not be tolerated. “As he went through the 12th turn, there was his last-minute shift in front of Yuki, who wanted to overtake him with the back wing open. This is one of the things we have talked about many times and issued the black and white flag before, because it is unsportsmanlike conduct and something we will not tolerate,”Said the Australian for colleagues from the portal The Race.

The moment Nikita Mazepin dangerously threatened Yuki Tsunodo in the Russian Grand Prix race.

And while it is tsunoda by radio bentyl with "what the fuck“, Is the second victim of a Russian racer in this race, Nicholas latifi, accepted this more relaxed. “He always moves at the last minute, but there was nothing worth answering on the radio. But it’s Nikita’s style, always racing that way. It didn’t seem to me to have gone over the border, but it always waits until the last minute, which of course isn’t good, but that’s just the way it is.“In the fight against Mazepin at the start of the race, he had to Latifs withdraw a few times, even the hottest was in the second turnwhen he wanted to overtake a Russian racer who was at his last minute closed the door.

Nicholas Latifi also had some dangerous moments in Sochi with Nikita Mazepin, the hottest was in the second corner when the Russian closed the door at the last minute.

When asked about dangerous pranks of Mazepin, Masi notes that there is generally nothing wrong with what he does, it’s just his racing style. “I don’t think any of this, we judge individual events based on what happened. If someone has a particular style of racing, yes, we probably have 20 different driving styles available. So that." Masi he adds that he had mazepin probably quite a few visits to commissioners this year. “I think if we go through and take a look at it all together, there were other racers there as well. So I wouldn’t say there was anything unpleasant or obviously worrying. We just look at each incident and investigate it. And if it's worth investigating, then it's the commissioners who look at the incident on the basis of the evidence and judge whether punishment is necessary or not," Ends Masi.                                  

Although Michael Masi, the FIA ​​director of racing, believes that in general there is nothing so bad about Mazepin's racing style, he made it clear with a black and white flag at the race in Sochi that such dangerous behavior against other racers will not be tolerated - Photo: HB Press

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