Formula One rookie Nikita Mazepin believes he has done enough to move on from the controversy surrounding his name and, in his first interview since the incident in December, insisted he has learned from what happened.
Haas driver Mazepin, 21, posted a video to his Instagram on Dec. 9 which showed him touching a woman in the back of a car. The video was promptly deleted, but captured and circulated on social media.
Haas condemned the video as "abhorrent" and Mazepin issued an apology. Formula One and racing's governing body, the FIA, did not implement any further action, leaving the responsibility for doing so with Haas.