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Formula One F1 – Pre-Season Testing – Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain – February 25, 2022 Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton during testing REUTERS/Albert Gea
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Formula One F1 – Pre-Season Testing – Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain – February 25, 2022 Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton during testing REUTERS/Albert Gea
If there is anything that tempts Formula One fans to watch the Netflix series, ‘Drive to Survive’, it’s the interesting behind-the-scene clips. And on that front, much like the other three seasons, the latest season didn’t disappoint the fans. Here’s something interesting that Nikita Mazepin revealed about Lewis Hamilton that happened prior to the final race weekend in Abu Dhabi.
It is quite obvious that the 2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix was one of the most intense race weekends of all time, considering what was at stake. Championship rivals, Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton, were level on points heading into the weekend and fans were equally enthusiastic about the finale.
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Formula One F1 – Abu Dhabi Grand Prix – Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates – December 11, 2021 Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton with Red Bull’s Max Verstappen after qualifying Pool via REUTERS/Kamran Jebreili
Thousands of Dutch fans swarmed to Yas Marina Circuit to lend their support to the home hero, Verstappen. There were an equal number of Hamilton fans too. Well, quite interestingly, Mazepin found himself caught amongst the bitterness that existed within the rivalry.
An unknown girl in the paddock apparently had a very weird request for Mazepin as the Russian was entering the circuit.
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Mazepin reveals the Lewis Hamilton request
A video from Drive to Survive caught Mazepin revealing to his assistant a request that a young girl put forward. Turns out, the girl had wanted Mazepin to crash into Hamilton during the race so that Verstappen could go on to lift the championship crown.
One might straightaway assume that the girl was probably Dutch. However, here’s the twist; Mazepin further reckoned that the girl was English.
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Formula One F1 – Brazilian Grand Prix – Jose Carlos Pace Circuit, Sao Paulo, Brazil – Haas’ Nikita Mazepin during the press conference FIA/Handout via REUTERS
“Yesterday, a girl came up to me, and she was like, ‘Can you please crash into Lewis for me?’ And she’s English,” the Russian driver said in the 10th episode of the latest season. Well, in the end, Mazepin wasn’t needed after all as an untimely Nicholas Latifi crash followed by wreckage caused by Michael Masi made sure that Hamilton can’t hold onto his eighth championship trophy.
Overall, the bitterness between the two fandoms is still in the air and might take a while for it to subside. But will the upcoming season make it worse? Are we in for another nerve-wracking season of wheel-to-wheel battles between the two title rivals? We’ll know soon enough.
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