Nikita Mazepin finished his first official Formula 1 test outing with Mercedes at the top of the timesheets as the final in-season running of the year took place on Wednesday in Spain. Formula 2 driver Mazepin, 20, was given the chance to test with Mercedes at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya after previously completing a private test programme with the team, as well as working in their simulator. The Russian bounced back from a spin off-track in the morning session to make a number of improvements late in the day, ultimately finishing with a best lap time of 1m15.715s to finish fastest of all. The lap would have been good enough for P2 on the grid for last weekend's Spanish Grand Prix,...
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