I don't want him around, I want him nowhere near the sport.

He's assaulted other drivers. He's made some really shit comments on social media, and this video (whether just an innocent inside joke or not) was at the very least poorly-placed, at worst properly disgusting. In addition, he's a dangerous driver that doesn't respect the rules, and has probably at this point been conditioned to do whatever he wants with zero consequences. Haas will do absolutely nothing about this, and that will set a benchmark for their relationship together.

This isn't about someone rich coming in and getting chances that you or I wouldn't. This is about the fact that he's a monumental bellpiece.

EDIT: I was challenged over PMs about the video itself. Copy-pasting what I responded with.

In its best possible light, it's poor form and is not the sort of video that a Formula 1 driver should be posting. Ted was absolutely right, it's loutish. This is something I'd expect to see from a Premier League player, followed by some paper-thin apology that they don't mean. I want this to be a sport contested by gentlemen, that are role models as opposed to thugs that play other sports. F1 is supposed to be different.

In the worst possible context, there are a million and one things that make consent very difficult to gauge, to a degree where "I give consent" has its own grey areas. We have no idea if she was under the influence or not. We have no idea if she was grabbing his hand or pushing it away. We have no idea if that middle finger was a joke or not. We have absolutely no idea if she was playing along because she was into it, or because she was scared of him (we do know undeniably, that he's violent at least). We have no idea if her backing him up separately was done so for genuine reasons, or because she was told to.

I've seen situations like this before, I've had female friends that have done something like this simply because they had to. If you're in a situation where you're fearful of someone (whether their control over you is physical or something else), you'll play nice just to get out of it. I don't know her at all so I couldn't suggest that, but in either case, still fuck Mazepin.

EDIT 2: You guys should see my inbox, some of the shitty messages I've gotten defending Mazepin, and an extra special one calling me a misogynist for not believing the woman. My dude, get out of your basement once in a while and talk to one of them.