The Russian made his debut with the Haas team after having finished the 2020 Formula 2 season in fifth position, with a 14th-place finish in the Azerbaijan Grand Prix his best result of the year in F1.
With the Haas proving the slowest car of the F1 field all season long, Mazepin struggled at the back of the grid, most of the time fighting solely against teammate Mick Schumacher.
Mazepin admits that while he is prouder of how he pushed through a difficult year, he could have done a better job adapting to the demands of the sport.
“I finished school four years ago and that’s the last time I was receiving marks and I don’t really miss it so much,” Mazepin said.
“I never think that you should get a five because five is excellence [as in Russian school marks are from 2 to 5], and I don’t know what excellence is. Today it might be excellent but tomorrow I realise I can do something more.
“So four is the maximum I can give myself. So I guess four for sticking through it because the…
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