“Throw Money at People” – Nikita Mazepin on His Father’s Recent Haas F1 Solution

Haas F1 team is one of the most efficient teams in Formula One. They currently have the least number of people on their team, but get the most out of their package. Recently, many team members have left because of the financial situation of the team. This development has left many people concerned, including driver Nikita Mazepin.

Mazepin is a rookie driver in F1 who joined at the beginning of the season. He is essentially a pay driver as his father has invested a lot of money in the team at the start of the 2021 season. His father, Dmitry Mazepin, is a Russian billionaire businessman who owns the mineral fertilizer company Uralchem.

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I’m very fortunate and lucky that he has heard it: Nikita Mazepin

As reported by Motorsport.com, the Russian driver mentioned that he has raised the concern with his father. Although his father is not directly involved with the team’s internal relations, he is a powerful figure on the team.

“I have told him [his father] that I’m very concerned about people leaving, good people leaving. I know that different people had different thoughts in their heads, but quite some of them were financially concerned. And I’m very fortunate and lucky that he has heard it.” said the Haas driver.

“He’s got an amazing track record of giving what he needs to his employees, which numbers over 45,000 in his companies, and he is a professional in it, not me. He came up with this idea totally voluntarily to not, let’s say, throw money at people, as bad as it may sound, but to motivate people and give them an opportunity to achieve certain things and be rewarded for it,” said Mazepin.

Let’s hope that Nikita’s father can save some jobs at the American team. It looks that soon enough Dmitry Mazepin will have more influence within the team from now on.

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