Nikita Mazepin: “I am ready to return to Formula 1. I am at the correct weight and condition.

former pilotFormula 1 » Russian Nikita Mazepin said he still has a desire to continue competing in ‘royal races’, but this is being hampered by the sanctions imposed on him.

– I really hope that I will have the opportunity to return to big sport, to Formula 1. But today, it is very difficult to believe it. If the sanctions are lifted tomorrow, if the interim measures really start to work, and not, as happened today, that they don’t work, I am ready to come back. I’m in the right weight and condition to go compete.

– The work in the legal part on your part continues?

– I have a large number of lawyers, they work to give me the opportunity to resume my sport. We won the lawsuit on March 2 for my birthday, and on March 10 repeated penalties were introduced. And the letter we received does not apply to subsequent sanctions, ”reports a correspondent in the words of Mazepin.

Mazepin in the 2021 season played for the American team Haas in Formula 1, took 21st place in the final standings. In March 2022, it was announced that the team would end their partnership with him. At the same time, the rider was subject to EU sanctions.

At the beginning of March this year, the European Court ruled that Mazepin had the right to enter the EU to negotiate and conclude agreements with a racing team or with sponsors not associated with his father, Dmitry Mazepin, “as as main or reserve Formula 1 driver”. or other series under the auspices of the FIA”, to participate in races, sponsorships and promotions at the request of its racing team or its sponsors, as well as to participate in championships, Grands Prix, races, training, testing in EU member states.

Earlier, Canadian media reported that Mazepin, through a federal court, wanted to be removed from the country’s sanctions list as the sanctions prevented him from returning to Formula 1.

This season, Mazepin, 24, took part in the Asian Le Mans Series.