Alpine staff principal Oliver Oakes has dismissed hypothesis surrounding Dmitry Mazepin’s presence eventually week’s Bahrain pre-season check, insisting the Russian was merely “catching up.”
Alpine staff principal Oliver Oakes has dismissed hypothesis surrounding Dmitry Mazepin’s presence eventually week’s Bahrain pre-season check, insisting the Russian was merely “catching up.”
Mazepin, whose Uralkali sponsorship and son Nikita had been ousted from Haas three years in the past amid the Ukraine disaster outbreak, surprised onlookers by showing in Sakhir.
Oakes, very conversant in the 56-year-old from their collaborative days on the Hitech junior staff, clarified the encounter and admitted they exchanged “hiya”.
“Sure. I have not met with him,” he informed reporters.
“Sure, he is a buddy of mine, sure I was along with him in Hitech. He was right here catching up with one other buddy of his. It was good to see him.”
Preliminary whispers pegged Mazepin as an Alpine visitor, however he might have held a generic go, unbeknownst to F1 or the FIA. “I stated hiya,” Oakes admitted, sidestepping additional particulars.
“I am not going to enter that, the world’s a loopy place.”
Renault CEO Luca de Meo final week rebuffed sale rumours tied to Flavio Briatore‘s staff fixer function and the works engine programme’s impending finish. “I’m typically requested by the press if we wish to promote, however we’ve got by no means needed to,” he informed AS newspaper.
A supply near Mazepin stated it was a “private go to,” quelling speak of deeper ties.
