Nikita Mazepin is a Russian race car driver, the son of a billionaire and owner of Uralchem. At the end of 2020, he signed a contract with the American "stable" Haas. Mazepin became the fourth Russian driver in the history of "royal races" after Vitaly Petrov, Sergey Sirotkin and Daniil Kvyat.
early years
Nikita Dmitrievich Mazepin was born on March 2, 1999 in Moscow. His father Dmitry Mazepin has been on the Forbes list several times. Now he is the head of the Uralchem group of companies, which includes several enterprises for the production of mineral fertilizers. It is the father who is the main sponsor of Nikita. According to experts, without his money, it would be difficult for the guy to break into Formula 1.
In an interview, Nikita Mazepin admitted that he first sat behind the wheel at the age of five. After a couple of years, he became interested in karting.
From the age of twelve, Mazepin took an active part in various tournaments of the KF, KF2, KF3 and KFJ classes. At the age of 15, Nikita became the second in the CIK-FIA World Championship. This is the world championship in karting among juniors.
Since 2015, Mazepin began to compete at the stages of the Formula 2000 series. In one of the races, he finished in second position with 36 points. In the same year, Nikita became the 18th in the Toyota racing series. After that, he received an invitation to the German team Josef Kaufmann Racing. Mazepin held several races under its flag, but did not show good results.
Career
When Nikita turned 17, he began to compete in Formula 3. Mazepin represented the HitechGP team from England. As part of it, he spent 30 races, managing to score 10 points. Thanks to this, Mazepin closed the top twenty drivers in the individual competition. On account of his participation in the Eurocup and the British championship.
In the same year, Nikita moved to another British team, Force India, which played in Formula 1. In it, he was listed as a development pilot. His tasks included performing at test races. So, on the track at Silverstone in two days, he dashed off 104 laps in total.
In 2017, Mazepin continued his performances in the European Formula 3 Championship. During the season, he managed to score 108 points and close the top ten in the individual competition.
A year later, Nikita changed the class of auto racing. He started playing in GP3. This is a class of open wheel racing that was discontinued in 2018. On the very first race, which took place in Barcelona, Mazepin came to the finish line as the favorite. This was followed by a series of very successful races. As a result, Nikita was able to finish the season with 198 points. This allowed him to become the second in the individual competition.
In 2020, Mazepin began performing in Formula 2. He became a pilot for the British Hitech Grand Prix team. At the end of the year, the American "stable" Haas from "Formula 1" signed a contract with him.
A few days after the momentous event, a scandal erupted. It was all the fault of the video posted by Mazepin's girlfriend. On it, he touched the girl's chest. The video caused a storm of outrage from Formula 1 fans around the world. Mazepin publicly apologized, saying that the video was intended for a narrow circle of people.
Personal life
Nikita Mazepin prefers older girls. It is known that for some time he met with Alena Shishkova, the former girlfriend of the singer Timati.
In early 2020, Mazepin had an affair with fitness model Anzhelika Ermolenko. Recently it became known that he has a close relationship with model Andrea Dival. It was her breasts that Nikita touched in the scandalous video.
