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Modern F1 drivers “don’t get to develop as men” - Mansell
Nigel Mansell says that modern day Formula 1 lacks big characters because young drivers no longer get chance to “develop as men”. That the ever-increasing influence of corporate sponsors on teams has left drivers less able to speak freely than their predecessors from previous eras is one of the most common criticisms levelled at the sport by fans. Emerson Fittipaldi told Motorsport.com in July that today’s generation of F1 drivers have become ‘robots’, while 86 percent of those who took part in the GPDA Global Fan Survey said drivers were not open and honest enough. Speaking to Italian newspaper Gazzetta dello Sport, Mansell said that part of the reason for a lack of big...
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