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Pay-driver label completely wrong says Sirotkin
By Editor on Tuesday, July 23, 2013 Sergey Sirotkin, set to smash the record next year as the youngest ever F1 racer, has hit back at claims he is a 'pay driver'.
The 17-year-old's father is a key figure among the Russian entities that have bailed out the ailing Sauber.
Currently just ninth in the Formula Renault 3.5 series, behind highly rated drivers like the McLaren-backed Kevin Magnussen, and the likely next Toro Rosso driver Antonio Felix da Costa, Sirotkin's fast-track to the grid has earned him the ‘pay driver' label.
'That is completely wrong,' Sirotkin told Basler Zeitung newspaper.
'There is much more to it. We are talking about a big project, where another driver could...
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