Another tense weekend between Schumacher and Mazepin

« Between these two, it’s going to end badly”. In the comments, Julien Febreau sums up the situation perfectly. Mick Schumacher and his teammate, Nikita mazepin, were talked about again this weekend, and not for the right reasons. After a dangerous maneuver by both drivers during Q1, blocking the car from Sebastian Vettel, the two teammates did it again during the first round.

Wanting at all costs to stay in front of the German driver, Mazepin was guilty of a dangerous maneuver on the long straight. Faced with this unorthodox conduct, Mick Schumacher said to himself " very angry ". « He wants to be in front of me at all costs, and it doesn't matter, I have nothing against it. But, I think if we get to the point where we're defending very aggressively against a teammate where you have nothing to gain, then I think that's not the right approach."

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It's an early finish for Nikita Mazepin – he becomes the first driver to retire at Zandvoort today 👀#DutchGP 🇳🇱 #F1 pic.twitter.com/tpBRTjtN89

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For his part, Nikita Mazepin said " upset ", even if the Russian believes he has nothing to reproach himself for. " My work is to drive and I feel like I'm not driving enough these last few race weekends. Luckily I don't feel guilty, which is one thing to keep in mind, but I had a good race, I had a really good first lap. »

Günther Steiner plays the appeasement card

Questioned after the race about the incidents, the director of Haas boot in touch. According to Günther Steiner, there is no “only one person to blame for this”. Still according to the Italian manager, the team is already looking towards the next Grand Prix. “ The plan is to get together before Monza and see what we need to do to avoid this in the future, because it doesn't help anyone. I tried to explain it and we will work on it until the problem is resolved”.