Nikita Mazepin: Russian driver banned from competing at British Grand Prix

Haas’ Russian driver Nikita Mazepin will be banned from competing at this year’s British Grand Prix
Getty Images

Nikita Mazepin will be banned from competing at this year’s British Grand Prix, Motorsport UK announced today.

Haas’ Russian driver was given the all-clear to race this season following a meeting of the FIA’s World Motor Sport Council yesterday. But he will be banned from driving for the team in the race at Silverstone in July.

In a statement, Motorsport UK chairman Dave Richards said: "We would encourage the motorsport community and our colleagues around the world to fully embrace the recommendations of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and do whatever we can to end this war.”

Mazepin’s position at Haas still hangs in the balance despite being given clearance to race as a neutral athlete by the FIA.

His father Dmitry effectively bankrolls his position with the team but has been an ally of Russian president Vladimir Putin. Haas have made no comment over Mazepin’s future at the team.

Create a FREE account to continue reading

eros

Registration is a free and easy way to support our journalism.

Join our community where you can: comment on stories; sign up to newsletters; enter competitions and access content on our app.

Your email address

Must be at least 6 characters, include an upper and lower case character and a number

You must be at least 18 years old to create an account

* Required fields

Already have an account? SIGN IN

By clicking Create Account you confirm that your data has been entered correctly and you have read and agree to our Terms of use , Cookie policy and Privacy policy .

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Thank you for registering

Please refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged in