Russian driver Mazepin begins High Court bid to lift UK sanctions

Nikita Mazepin primitively joined Haas successful 2021 connected a multi-year deal

Russian racing operator Nikita Mazepin has begun High Court enactment against Foreign Secretary James Cleverly to get British sanctions against him lifted.

Billionaire businessman Dmitry Mazepin was deemed a adjacent subordinate of Russian president Vladimir Putin.

Mazepin was besides sacked by Formula 1 squad Haas arsenic a effect of the invasion.

Neither Mazepin nor his begetter were astatine the hearing.

His lawyer Rachel Scott said Mazepin wanted his situation heard arsenic a substance of "urgency" due to the fact that of the request clasp talks with prospective contention teams for the 2024 season.

Mazepin and his begetter are taxable to an assets frost and question prohibition arsenic portion of the sanctions, though lawyers representing the Foreign Office argued that Mazepin could inactive negociate with Formula One teams with the sanctions successful place.

Mazepin is besides challenging EU and Canadian sanctions arsenic portion of his effort to instrumentality to Formula One.

In September 2022, Mazepin had requested "revocation of his designation" - a lifting of the sanctions - but UK authorities ministers had decided to "take nary action".

In a witnesser statement, helium said that "even if - oregon portion - the Canadian sanctions stay successful place, determination is astatine slightest a imaginable of maine being capable to participate into negotiations to instrumentality to Formula One if sanctions are lifted successful some the EU and UK".

Following the invasion, Haas besides terminated the declaration of their rubric sponsor, the Russian chemicals institution Uralkali. Mazepin owed his spot to sponsorship backing from Uralkali, which is part-owned by his begetter done his institution Uralchem.

A justice is owed to oversee a further proceeding successful London successful June.