Former Formula One driver Nikita Mazepin did not hold back on his thoughts about the sanctions and bans against Russian athletes, calling them “cancel culture against my country.”
“I don’t agree with being in the sanctions,” Mazepin said in an interview with BBC HARDtalk. “I’ve said previously that I intend to fight it.
“Perhaps now is not the right time because if you look at the whole situation that's happening against athletes in the general case, it’s cancel culture against my country.”
Haas F1 terminated the contract with Mazepin and title sponsor Uralkali, the company his father owns, in early March before the second round of preseason testing.