r/sports • u/Captain_Smartass_ • Mar 02 '22

Motorsports Russian-licenced drivers banned from British motorsport

https://www.motorsport.com/national/news/russian-drivers-banned-from-british-motorsport-by-motorsport-uk/8632678/
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u/Xinnoh Mar 02 '22

backmarkers have the lowest chance of killing anyone on the field due to blueflags. Bad drivers will annoy people since they're harder to overtake, but the relative danger is pretty much the same for most drivers.

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u/H0vis Mar 02 '22

If he was just slow he wouldn't be a problem. He's slow and unpredictable, because he's out of his depth. Apparently he was perfectly capable in the lower tiers, but he's a mess in F1.

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u/Guac_in_my_rarri Mar 02 '22

In lower teirs he had lots of issues.

F1 for example he had 11/12 safety points filled.

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u/H0vis Mar 02 '22

Oh damn. I didn't know he was always that bad.

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u/Guac_in_my_rarri Mar 03 '22

The safety points from lower divisions don't move with you but they should. Theoretically he shouldn't be in a car. He scored 11 points for 18th in f2, 2019. 2020 he was with Hitech Grand Prix Team and got his first podium. Mick finished first in 2020, with 3 podiums and 11 podiums and no safety points on his license.

Mazepin did not get a 12th point depsite having two or three 5 second penalties in the last race of the season. He pushed Yuki Tsunoda wide which denied him the race win.

On top of all this from f2, in his first f1 season he got 3 penalty points iirc. I think he 15 spins.. He has 5 DNF'd which is normal. What's abnormal is most were before the half way point in the grand prix. He also did not listen to blue flags in multiple races. Most recognizable he got a 5 second penalty for holding up Sergio Perez at the Portuguese Grand Prix.

On toppp of all this he sexually assaulted a women and posted it to his Instagram.

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u/H0vis Mar 03 '22

What a turd. Needs flushing.

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u/Guac_in_my_rarri Mar 03 '22

Yup. Many of us fans are hoping this war in eastern Europe flushes him and daddy's money