Formula 1 2020 The Haas pilot had to deal with a loose headrest and hot feet
Nikita Mazepin He just wants to forget his first United States Grand PrixThe Haas driver had a really bad time during 56 laps at the Circuit of the Americas. The headrest is released on the first lap and later Feet feel hot It finished in the last more than two laps behind the leader.
The first stop in the race came in Austin on the first lap, where the Mazepin headrest was lost. What prevented him from seeing through the mirrors, The team when you know this situation Quickly contact the hole driver to fix the problem, A situation that left him no chance to fight any position.
The Russian, after completing the Grand Prix, summed up his career and explained why he was not satisfied with his result. “Bad. My headrest broke on the first lap, the second turn”Mazepin comment.
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“I did the first lap very inconsistently because I couldn’t see anything in the mirrors. This added an unnecessary breakpoint. So yeah A very lonely profession, boring and painful, humiliating like shit‘, she continued.
Nikita It is clear who is responsible for his poor result, the team. “I think it was human error. It blew off in Turn 2, which has never happened to me since I was a driver. to meI know I imagine they did something different this time to make it happen.”Hoot.
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The number “9” started in the 17th place and after the pit stop, he fell to the last place and Left pit pass behind Nicholas Latifi 26 seconds. on lap 56 Nikita was 17th, two periods behind the leader and more than 87 seconds behind teammate Mick Schumacher.who was sixteen.
Haas F1 Team Manager, Gunther Steiner Helping him understand what happened to his driver on the track, he said, “The guys told me that when they put him on the grid, There were two pegs on the back that were not fully engaged.”.
“That’s why we didn’t have to remove the headrest when he instigated, They pushed her down and in.”, sum.
The headrest is such an important passenger safety piece that none of them can run without it. “I don’t know exactly why she wasn’t tied up, but she came out and, For safety reasons, the headrest is part of your protection, so we immediately put you back in the pit. And that in turn was difficult, because if the headrest was high, you could not see the mirrors.”
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But that wasn’t the only problem Mazepin had to deal with during the race, as he also complained about his feet getting hot and it’s not the first time this has happened.
“He complained several times that his feet were overheating.. It’s happened to us a few times already. “We always try to improve it, but it only happens to him,” said the Haas boss.
Günther continued: “This is the same chassis as last year and we had no problem with it. And we also have Schumacher… I mean, I didn’t ask Mick specifically, But he never complained about himAnd he’s sure that if he had that problem.”
“So we have to find out why he’s feeling so hot. We need to do something, and maybe the next step is to do something on his shoes.. You know, you can do it both ways, but I mean, there was nothing broken or anything. Steiner concluded that this was not the first time he had complained.
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