Haas rookie Nikita Mazepin has an unenviable record of having one of the shortest Formula 1 debut races in history, spinning and crashing out on the first lap of last month's season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix. The incident did the Russian no favours after he toileted his reputation with a tasteless social media video that got him into hot water and set him up as F1's perfect villain. Redemption may have awaited on track but it never came, as Mazepin's reputation took another hammering. The evil Haas VF-21 did Mazepin (or teammate Mick Schumacher for that matter) no favours at all, in the race, it was handful right from the word go until it ignored its hapless driver and speared into the...
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