A video surfaced on soꩲcial media following last weekend’s race at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez that appeared to show Mazepin rowing with security in a nightclub. 

The Russian moved to clarify the incident ahead of this weekend’s Sao Paulo Grand Prix in Brazil when h🌱e faced the media. 

“I think the situation from my side is really clear,” Mazepin said. “Definite🍨lﷺy nobody was kicked out. 

“I was upset because one of my engineers was leaving, so I invited everybody fr𒐪om the team to see me and one of the members wasn’t let in uℱnfortunately. 

“I cleared it up, it took about three-to-four minutes, and everyone 🐲was ꧙in and actually it was a very good party. So we stayed for a good few hours.”

Haas team principal Guenther Ste🦹iner said he was “made aware” of the video but stressed Mazepin was not involved in💮 a fight. 

“I think it was more likeও an argument with one of the security guys than a fight because a fight, normally when we fight in South Tyrol it looks different,” St🔥einer said. 

“So this was more like a verbal argument about something. I haven’t spoke with him yet because I haven’t seen him𝄹 but I think this wa꧅s more like he couldn’t get access somewhere and just tried to make his point.”

It is not the first time ꦦMazepin has found himself hitting the headline🐠s for the wrong reasons during his career. 

The 22-year-old was banned from a Formula 3 race for punching rival Callum Ilott in 2016. Shortly before his F1 debut, Mazepin was filmed groping a w♎oman in a car, for w💃hich he apologised. 

Steiner admitted Mazepin’s bad boy reputation has🍒 made him a target on social media. 

“It’ꩵs like first of all, everything what he’s done, whoever does it, it’s immediately filmed from somebody,” Steiner added. 

“Nikita, I think he has got a r♒eputation and it’s even played up I would say. So it isn’t made any ꦇeasier for him.”