Nikita Mazepin has announced his first international racing appearance since he was dumped from the Formula 1 grid.
Mazepin spent just a season racing in the sport with Haas – a year in which they were entirely uncompetitive. He and the team failed to score a single point, and the Russian never got the chance to change that despite initially being given a second season.
Just a few weeks before the start of the 2022 campaign, the Russian invasion of Ukraine prompted Haas' decision to release Mazepin. Main sponsor Uralkali, owned by his oligarch father Dmitry who has ties to Vladimir Putin, was also axed.
