Nikita Mazepin insists he has a “very good relationship” with his Haas race engineer – even if it sometimes doesn’t sound that way on the radio. “I’m working on the side of the garage where Grosjean used to be,” Mazepin confirmed at Portimao. Mazepin admitted some of his radio calls may seem unfriendly because he is “still getting used” to communicating with a new race engineer. “I am therefore trying to convey to the team what I want to hear during the race and what I don’t need to know – what I can find out about after the session. “I keep repeating to myself that I’m only used to a championship of 10 or 12 races, so there was more time to learn from your mistakes,” Mazepin said.

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