The Worst Formula 1 Driver of All Time

Witness the many spins, breathtaking crashes, and intense turmoil that marked Nikita Mazepin's turbulent F1 debut.
Delve into a story of relentless ambition and controversy, climaxing in a dramatic finale with his departure from Haas F1. This wasn’t just a normal rookie season.

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[ReickyTcharles]

He even paid Netflix to promote him, in his home race it was raining and they showed that he chose to change tires earlier (because he knew the weather in his country very well) and because of that he incredibly ended in front of Latifi, wow what a smart driver . So I researched and found out that Latifi had a DNF and Mazepin got a p18 🤡

[WarDog]

I miss him. Whenever you wanted a safety car you could always rely on Mazepin

[unfortunately_fortunate]

I almost felt bad for him in 2021, but, as soon as he'd start to garner some sort of sympathy he'd go and do something to remind you that he's Nikita Mazepin and it all just went out the window.

[dmor]

He was a barrier test driver
and a very good one at that

[robdavies]

He was bad but not the worst. There were a lot of bad sponsored drivers in the 90s, and in the 50s/60s you had a lot of private entries where people literally saved up and “had a go”

[imnotftw]

Mazepin did wonders for Lance Strolls career

[cinyarko]

He's the worst in the "modern" era of F1. But in the past we got much worse, often for just one race (or in case of Chanoch Nissany - one practice session). Terrible paydrivers were the reason why stuff like 107% qualifying time or super license were implemented.

[Andrei]

Wasn't the "This is why people hate you" incident because he either blocked someone on a hot lap or started racing drivers who were queuing for a hotlap?

[allmotivepowers]

It says quite a lot when the driver you replace comes back to replace YOU.

[cheetahrunout]

The fact that this guy completed a full season and Nick got sacked halfway though really shows that money talks.

[melonh]

2:05 it's actually disgusting how this was brushed under the rug. I didn't even hear about this until now!

[MarceauxBTK]

People love saying Nikita was the worst.

These whippersnappers don't know Yuji Ide, a driver so bad his super license was revoked.

[fsxlandings]

Fun fact: Mick Schumacher caused more financial damage with his crashes, than Mazepin.
While Mazepin or Latifi is bad, they never hide the pay driver fact. Logan Sargeant is also awful, the gap between him and Albon is astronomical.

[SandroDoulis]

Before watching this:
1. No he’s not
2. That’s Mick Schumacher‘s crash on the thumbnail

[TheRealHoltzy]

Nowhere NEAR the worst. There was once a time when drivers had to pre-qualify for the race and many didn't make it. He was probably one of the worst in recent history, but at least he was able to qualify within the 107% rule

[paulgs]

Mick is a cheeky dude... daring to overtake him when his father pays for the team.

[Haldjas_]

There's some things in this video that just aren't portrayed correctly, the box scene where he collides with another car for example is something he had absolutely no fault in as it was an unsafe release by Alfa Romeo.

[driver]

I mean there’s Yuji Ide who only did 4 races before he was demoted and had his superlicense revoked

[ernestogasulla]

When kids who weren't even alive for most of F1 history make a "worst ever" list, you have to expect this.

In 1972, the Lotus team raced with Emerson Fittipaldi and Dave Walker. Emerson won the WDC while Dave didn't score a single point. And not because of mechanical failures or accidents: he was amazingly slow.

And that's for full season drivers. Al Pease holds the sad record of being black flagged for being too slow -only case in the history of F1. But he only raced a few isolated times.

[levethane]

People that only started watching F1 after seen Drive to Survive will rate him as bad but for a pay driver he was OK. Pay drivers in the 80s and 90s were sometimes 5+ seconds slower a lap than their team mates..