PARIS - The EU's General Court on Wednesday handed a win to Russian former F1 driver Nikita Mazepin, who sought to overturn EU sanctions imposed against him as part of the bloc's response to Russia's war in Ukraine.

"The family connection with his father, Russian businessperson Dmitry Mazepin, is not sufficient for him to be regarded as being linked to his father by common interests and, therefore, for him to be maintained on those lists", the court said.