Nikita Mazepin’s difficult season of initiation in F1 and his frequent gyration on the track have unsurprisingly earned the Haas rookie the nickname ‘Mazespin’.
The sobriquet will be a difficult one to shake off for the 22-year-old Russian, but Haas team principal Guenther Steiner is showing a bit of light-hearted complacency.
To ward off the spins, Steiner gifted Mazespin a… spinning top! The Italian hopes Nikita will put all his energy in the gizmo before a race to expel his urge to spin on the track.
Alas, Mazespin’s first try at spinning the top was hardly conclusive…