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Whitmarsh: 'Some pay drivers not good enough'
McLaren team principal Martin Whitmarsh has hit out at the amount of pay drivers in Formula One at present, and says some of them are "fundamentally not good enough" to be competing. The amount of so-called 'pay drivers' has risen recently thanks to the financial strains put on teams in these difficult economic times. In order to survive, they're having to turn to those who have significant backing, rather than raw talent. Whitmarsh described the situation, which is stopping those who have true talent getting to F1, as a "sad" affair. "I think, personally, it's sad to have so many pay drivers in Formula One," he said. "The numbers have crept up, and while...
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