Nikita Dmitrievich Masepin

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Nikita Masepin at the Formula 2 race in Spielberg 2019

Nikita Dmitrijewitsch Masepin ( Russian: Никита Дмитриевич Мазепин , English spelling Nikita Mazepin; born March 2, 1999 in Moscow ) is a Russian automobile racing driver . In 2018 he started in the GP3 series , which he finished as runner-up. Mazepin has been competing in the FIA Formula 2 Championship since 2019 .

Career

Nikita Masepin at the first GP3 ​​race in Spielberg 2018

Masepin began his motorsport career in karting in 2011 , where he was active until 2014. Among other things, he came second in the CIK-FIA World Kart Championship in 2014. At the end of 2014 Masepin made his debut in formula racing and took part in the season opener of the MRF Challenge Formula 2000 2014/15. He already achieved a podium finish in the second race. He completed his first full motorsport season in early 2015 for ETEC Motorsport in the Toyota Racing Series in New Zealand. With an eighth place as the best result, he was 18th in the drivers' championship. Masepin then returned to Europe and drove for Josef Kaufmann Racing in the northern European Formula Renault . While his teammate Louis Delétraz won the championship, Masepin achieved twelfth overall with a third place as the best result. He also made seven guest starts for Josef Kaufmann Racing in the Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup .

In 2016 Masepin switched to HitechGP in the European Formula 3 championship . He finished the season in 20th overall, while his teammate George Russell was third overall. In addition, he was included in the driver squad of the Formula 1 team Force India . He worked regularly in the simulator for the racing team and was involved in the test program. In 2017 Masepin will contest his second season in the European Formula 3 championship together with HitechGP.

Personal

Masepin is the son of Russian businessman Dmitri Masepin , one of the owners of Uralchem .

statistics

Career stations

  • 2019 : Formula 2 (18th place)
  • 2019 : Formula 1 (test driver)
  • 2020: Formula 2

Individual results in the European Formula 3 championship

year team engine 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 9 10 11 12 13 14th 15th 16 17th 18th 19th 20th 21st 22nd 23 24 25th 26th 27 28 29 30th Points rank
2016 HitechGP Mercedes FranceFrance LEC HungaryHungary HUN FranceFrance PAU AustriaAustria SPI GermanyGermany NOR NetherlandsNetherlands ZAN BelgiumBelgium SPA GermanyGermany ONLY ItalyItaly IMO GermanyGermany HOC 10 20th
19th 12 10 EX DNF 13 16 13 DNF 14th 17th 14th 11 11 11 17th 15th 17th 12 DNF 8th 16 14th 16 13 11 15th 8th 10 DNF
2017 HitechGP Mercedes United KingdomUnited Kingdom SIL ItalyItaly MNZ FranceFrance PAU HungaryHungary HUN GermanyGermany NOR BelgiumBelgium SPA NetherlandsNetherlands ZAN GermanyGermany ONLY AustriaAustria SPI GermanyGermany HOC 108 10.
DNF 15th 7th 11 10 11 4th 7th DNF 12 11 10 10 18th 10 2 7th 11 11 11 10 DNF 16 16 DNF 3 2 6th 6th 7th

Individual results in the GP3 series

year team 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 9 10 11 12 13 14th 15th 16 17th 18th Points rank
2018 ART Grand Prix SpainSpain ESP FranceFrance FRA AustriaAustria AUT United KingdomUnited Kingdom GBR HungaryHungary HUN BelgiumBelgium BEL ItalyItaly ITA RussiaRussia RUS United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab Emirates UAE 198 2.
1 10 2 5 13 7th 2 7th 1 12 5 1 5 3 2 DNF 5 1

Individual results in the GP2 series / FIA Formula 2 championship

year team 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 9 10 11 12 13 14th 15th 16 17th 18th 19th 20th 21st 22nd 23 24 Points rank
2019 ART Grand Prix BahrainBahrain BRN AzerbaijanAzerbaijan AZE SpainSpain ESP MonacoMonaco MON FranceFrance FRA AustriaAustria AUT United KingdomUnited Kingdom GBR HungaryHungary HUN BelgiumBelgium BEL ItalyItaly ITA RussiaRussia RUS United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab Emirates UAE 11 18th
19th 13 8th DNF 17th 14th 10 8th DNF 16 12 11 DNF 12 12 15th C. C. 11 9 8th DNF 10 17 *
Legend
colour abbreviation meaning
gold - victory
silver - 2nd place
bronze - 3rd place
green - Placement in the points
blue - Classified outside the point ranks
violet DNF Race not finished (did not finish)
NC not classified
red DNQ did not qualify
DNPQ failed in pre-qualification (did not pre-qualify)
black DSQ disqualified
White DNS not at the start (did not start)
WD withdrawn
Light Blue PO only participated in the training (practiced only)
TD Friday test driver
without DNP did not participate in the training (did not practice)
INJ injured or sick
EX excluded
DNA did not arrive
C. Race canceled
  no participation in the World Cup
other P / bold Pole position
SR / italic Fastest race lap
* not at the finish,
but counted due to the distance covered
() Streak results
underlined Leader in the overall standings

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Peter Allen: Nikita Mazepin steps up to F3 with Hitech GP. paddockscout.com, December 18, 2015, accessed January 3, 2016 .
  2. ↑ Lawrence Barretto: Russian teen Nikita Mazepin gets Force India F1 development role. autosport.com, February 1, 2016, accessed February 3, 2016 .
  3. ↑ Valentin Khorounzhiy: Mazepin to stay with Hitech for second F3 season. motorsport.com, December 13, 2016, accessed March 16, 2017 .
  4. ↑ Dmitry Mazepin. forbes.com, accessed January 10, 2016 .

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personal data
SURNAME Masepin, Nikita Dmitrievich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Mazepin, Nikita; Мазепин, Никита Дмитриевич
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Russian automobile racer
DATE OF BIRTH March 2, 1999
PLACE OF BIRTH Moscow , Russia