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Nikita Mazepin: “The laps we did complete were positive”

Nikita Mazepin did not get the distance he was hoping to during the opening day of pre-season testing at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya on Monday, with a sensor issue and the weather restricting the Russian to just twenty-two laps. The Sahara Force India F1 Team development driver was given the responsibility of debuting the new car on Monday ahead of race drivers Esteban Ocon and Sergio Perez, but the sensor issue, which caused some brake cooling issues, coupled with the inclement weather conditions in Spain left the Russian eleventh fastest out of the twelve drivers to take to the track. “We didn’t complete a huge number of laps today, but that’s often the case with a new...
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