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Nasr says he is not a pay driver
Brazilian rookie Felipe Nasr says three other Formula 1 teams were interested in signing him before he started his road to the grid with Sauber and that in truth he is no more a pay driver than a driver promoted by Red Bull. Although impressive on debut in 2015, the 22-year-old Brazilian has had to continually fight the public notion that he is a ‘pay driver'. Nasr has brought the strong backing and colours of his sponsor Banco do Brasil to Sauber, but he insists he would have got to Formula 1 anyway. 'My father or one of my relatives is not a former F1 driver,' he told the Finnish newspaper Turun Sanomat. 'I am from an ordinary family. I would have been able to get to F1 in many...
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