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Mazepin pushes back on Hamilton's 'billionaire boys club'

Haas f1 driver Nikita Mazepin has rejected comments by reigning world champion Lewis Hamilton that Formula 1 has increasingly become a "billionaire boys club" in recent years. Hamilton himself came from a working class background in Stevenage, with his father Anthony having to take multiple jobs to fund his son's fledgling motor racing career. He's been critical of the emergence of pay drivers in the sport, including a number with billionaire fathers including Nicholas Latifi, Lance Stroll and Mazepin himself. Mazepin's father Dmitry is a Russian businessman and currently the majority shareholder and chair of Uralchem Integrated Chemicals Company. Read also: F1 now a 'billionaire...
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