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Mazepin delighted with ‘incredible' Mercedes F1 testing debut

Nikita Mazepin expressed his happiness over an 'incredible' Formula 1 testing debut with Mercedes AMG Motorsport at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya on Wednesday. Mazepin set the fastest time on the second and final day of the post-Spanish Grand Prix test, 1.4 seconds ahead of second-placed man Alexander Albon, in his first outing for the reigning world champions. The former Force India F1 Team test driver's best time of a 1:15.775 was just 0.264s shy of regular driver Valtteri Bottas‘s table-topping effort on the same C1 compound tyres on Tuesday. 'Today was incredible,' said Formula 2 rookie Mazepin. 'Being a part of this team, even just for this day was very special for me....
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