NIKITA MAZEPIN will make his Formula One debut next season having been confirmed by the Haas team. The Russian, who is currently racing in Formula 2, is the son of a billionaire and brings lucrative sponsorship to the team. Dimitry Mazepin is worth over £5billion and founded a chemical company Uralchem in 2007. Mazepin is sponsored by Russian chemical company Uralkali, who make fertiliser, where his dad is a shareholder. In 2018 he was in GP3 racing alongside Ilott for ART and finished the season in second place in the championship. The simple answer is, we will not know until his first race.

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