Nikita Mazepin
Nikita Mazepin | |
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Ники́та Мазе́пин | |
Mazepin in 2019 | |
| Born | Nikita Dmitriyevich Mazepin 2 March 1999 Moscow, Russia |
| Parent | Dmitry Mazepin (father) |
| Asian Le Mans Series career | |
| Debut season | 2023 |
| Current team | 99 Racing |
| Racing licence | FIA Platinum |
| Car number | 99 |
| Starts | 7 |
| Championships | 0 |
| Wins | 2 |
| Podiums | 5 |
| Poles | 2 |
| Fastest laps | 1 |
| Best finish | 4th in 2023, 2023–24 (LMP2) |
| Formula One World Championship career | |
| Nationality | Russian Automobile Federation |
| Active years | 2021 |
| Teams | Haas |
| Car number | 9 |
| Entries | 22 (21 starts) |
| Championships | 0 |
| Wins | 0 |
| Podiums | 0 |
| Career points | 0 |
| Pole positions | 0 |
| Fastest laps | 0 |
| First entry | 2021 Bahrain Grand Prix |
| Last entry | 2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix |
| Previous series | |
Nikita Dmitriyevich Mazepin (Russian: Ники́та Дми́триевич Мазе́пин, IPA: [nʲɪˈkʲitə ˈdmʲɪtrʲɪjɪvʲɪtɕ mɐˈzʲepʲɪn]; born 2 March 1999) is a Russian racing driver and motorsport executive who most recently competed under a neutral flag in the 2025 Middle East Trophy for Graff Racing. Mazepin competed in Formula One in 2021.
Born and raised in Moscow, Mazepin is the son of Dmitry Mazepin, a Belarusian-Russian oligarch who owns Uralchem. After finishing runner-up to Lando Norris at the senior Karting World Championship in 2014, Mazepin graduated to junior formulae. Following a season in Formula Renault 2.0, he progressed to the FIA Formula 3 European Championship in 2016, finishing tenth the following season. Mazepin then competed in the GP3 Series in 2018, finishing runner-up to Anthoine Hubert in his rookie season with ART. He also finished third in the 2019–20 F3 Asian Championship. Graduating to FIA Formula 2 in 2019, Mazepin finished fifth in 2020 with Hitech.
A test driver for Force India from 2016 to 2018, Mazepin topped the Barcelona in-season test in 2019 with Mercedes, driving the W10. Mazepin signed for Haas in 2021 to partner Mick Schumacher, making his Formula One debut at the Bahrain Grand Prix under a neutral flag representing the Russian Automobile Federation. After crashing out on the first lap of his debut, Haas scored zero points with the VF-21, with Mazepin finishing a career-best fourteenth in Azerbaijan. He made his final Formula One start in Saudi Arabia, withdrawing from the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix with COVID-19. His multi-year contract with Haas—alongside Russian sponsor Uralkali's—was terminated for the 2022 season following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, resulting in two years of arbitration and legal proceedings.
Upon his departure from Formula One, Mazepin founded the Jordanian-British sportscar racing team 99 Racing. With the team, he competed in the Asian Le Mans Series from 2023 to 2024, winning multiple races. In rally raid, Mazepin took a class victory at the Silk Way Rally in 2022.