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Steiner defends Mazepin pay-driver choice for Haas
Guenther Steiner defended Haas' decision to recruit well-funded Nikita Mazepin for 2021, insisting F1 currently includes several talented drivers that bought their way in to the sport. Mazepin is the 21-year-old son of Russian billionaire Dmitry Mazepin, a core shareholder and chairman of fertilizer giant Uralchem, who has bankrolled his son's path to the pinnacle of motorsport. However, over the years, the young racer has made good use of his father's lavish support, and so far in 2020 he has won two feature races and enjoyed multiple podiums in the FIA Formula 2 Championship, a series in which he sits third in the standings ahead of next weekend's finale in Sakhir. Steiner says Mazepin's...
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