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Nasr irked by ‘pay driver’ assumption
Felipe Nasr says he hopes his run to the top five on his Formula 1 debut will help dispel what he says are incorrect assumptions he is a mere 'pay driver' for Sauber. The GP2 graduate became the first Brazilian driver to debut inside the top five of an F1 race with a strong run for Sauber in the Australian Grand Prix, in turn scoring the team's first points since 2013. Indeed, Nasr hopes his performance will dismiss suggestions that the money he has brought to the Sauber through sponsors, most notably Banco Do Brasil, is not the sole reason why he was snapped up by the Swiss team. “This is a good answer [to the pay driver claims],” he said. “That is all I work for, to put the results...
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