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Sam Bird: F1 teams only interested in drivers with big money

Former Mercedes tester Sam Bird says Formula 1 teams no longer scour the world's top racing categories in search of the best possible drivers but rather hunt down pay drivers. Bird, 28, was until recently a Mercedes simulator driver and a GP2 winner – a CV that in decades past would have seen him knocking loudly […]
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